Diseases

Intravenous Substance Abuse

Abuse, overuse, or misuse of a substance by its injection into a vein.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Abuse, overuse, or misuse of a substance by its injection into a vein.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous
  • Drug Abuse, Intravenous
  • Drug Abuse, Parenteral
  • Intravenous Drug Abuse
  • Parenteral Drug Abuse

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Aspects Covered

30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

IM + specific drug or substance IM (without qualif); for "abuse, overuse or misuse"

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Injections, Intravenous (1966-1989)
  • Substance Abuse (1966-1989)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C25.775w.793
  2. F03w.900w.793

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intravenous Substance Abuse. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015819. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015819
  2. Intravenous Substance Abuse. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5308896