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For what reasons tranquilizer and antidepressant can make a person get addicted to it?

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Addiction vs. depend: Need to understand the difference between addiction and dependence. Many medications build in the patient's body and cause some mechanical and chemical changes so that the body actually requires the medication to function just at the point it did prior to initiation of the medication. Addiction is both physical and mental and may also involve this dependence depending on the medication.

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Answered 7/16/2013

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I have an ache for 2 years in upper part of the right ribcage when i drink alcohol or eat something sweet. is it about liver or gallbladder? i took some antidepressants for 3 years such as prozac etc. so is that a reason?

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I get these electrical zaps in my head daily. I know i used to get them with antidepressants but have been off these for a year. What can cause this?

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