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<onlyinclude>'''Compulsive redosing''' | <onlyinclude>'''Compulsive redosing''' is the experience of a powerful and difficult to resist urge to continuously redose a [[psychoactive substance]] in an effort to increase or maintain the [[Subjective effects index|subjective effects]] which it induces.<ref>Everitt, B. J., & Robbins, T. W. (2005). Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to compulsion. Nature neuroscience, 8(11), 1481. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1579</ref><ref>Volkow, N. D., & Fowler, J. S. (2000). Addiction, a disease of compulsion and drive: involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex. Cerebral cortex, 10(3), 318-325. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/10.3.318</ref><ref>Hyman, S. E., & Malenka, R. C. (2001). Addiction and the brain: the neurobiology of compulsion and its persistence. Nature reviews neuroscience, 2(10), 695. https://doi.org/10.1038/35094560</ref> | ||
This effect is considerably more likely to manifest itself when the user has a large supply of the given substance within their possession. It can be partially avoided by pre-weighing dosages, not keeping the remaining material within sight, exerting self-control, and giving the compound to a trusted individual to keep until they deem it safe to return. | This effect is considerably more likely to manifest itself when the user has a large supply of the given substance within their possession. It can be partially avoided by pre-weighing dosages, not keeping the remaining material within sight, exerting self-control, and giving the compound to a trusted individual to keep until they deem it safe to return. | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_dependence Psychological dependence (Wikipedia)] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_dependence Psychological dependence (Wikipedia)] | ||
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