Medikamentenabhängigkeit (BE)

English translation: medication dependency

17:03 Aug 24, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / localization into BE
German term or phrase: Medikamentenabhängigkeit (BE)
Hi BE-natives!

I am proofreading a SmPC of a benzodiazepine and the text is written in BE. However, I have come across a sentence that does not seem very BE to me. For the US audience, it is appropriate, but I was wondering whether the Brits would understand this correctly.

Benzodiazepine sollten nur unter größter Vorsicht bei Patienten mit Alkohol- oder Medikamentenabhängigkeit in der Anamnese angewendet werden.


It was translated as "Benzodiazepines should be used with extreme caution in patients with a history of alcohol or drug abuse".


I do not want the reader to get the wrong idea of an "illicit drug" instead of a medicinal product. Is here a standard term for this in BE? History of alcohol and medication abuse, or medicinal product abuse? What sounds best to your ears?

Thanks!
Lirka
Austria
Local time: 13:17
English translation:medication dependency
Explanation:
as opposed to the U.S. dependancy. The word abuse is quite harsh, even to my U.S. ears. This is a dependancy, not abuse in the junkie sense. They began taking the medication on doctor's orders,
Selected response from:

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 13:17
Grading comment
I went with "medication dependence" in the end. Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5medication dependency
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +3(prescription) drug dependence
Brent Sørensen
4 +1medication addiction
Chris Pr
4Prescription drug abuse
liz askew
5 -1drug dependency
Cillie Swart
3(prescribed) medicine dependence
Michael Martin, MA


Discussion entries: 6





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
medication dependency


Explanation:
as opposed to the U.S. dependancy. The word abuse is quite harsh, even to my U.S. ears. This is a dependancy, not abuse in the junkie sense. They began taking the medication on doctor's orders,

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
I went with "medication dependence" in the end. Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emmanuella
10 mins
  -> Good morning!

agree  philgoddard: It's rarely spelled with an A on either side of the Atlantic.
53 mins
  -> that's how it's differentiated on the net.

agree  Tatijana Kostovska
1 hr
  -> Please swallow :-)

agree  writeaway: /give it your best shot...
1 hr
  -> Hey Lady, shall we FIX it?

agree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): agree
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, dear, have a good one!
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(prescribed) medicine dependence


Explanation:
Compare with this:
"Tackling prescribed medicine dependence and withdrawal" https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/tackling-prescribed-medic...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(prescription) drug dependence


Explanation:
There are over 2 million hits for “drug dependence”

Treatment of Benzodiazepine Dependence
Michael Soyka, M.D.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...
However, little evidence is available for psychosocial interventions in people
with both severe illness and substance misuse,65 and only a few experimental studies have investigated the efficacy of various therapies for prescription-drug dependence.66,67

In the references:
Soyka M. Medikamentenabhängigkeit.
Stuttgart, Germany: Schattauer, 2015.


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https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/1...
Effektivität von Screeningverfahren zur Identifizierung von Medikamentenabhängigkeit: Vergleich der Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) und des Kurzfragebogens zu Medikamentenmissbrauch (KMM)
Efficacy of Screening Measures for Dependence on Prescription Drugs: Comparison of the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) and the Brief Questionnaire for Drug Misuse

Schlüsselwörter
Screening - Medikamentenabhängigkeit - Allgemeinkrankenhaus - Benzodiazepine - Opioide
Key words
screening - prescription drug dependence - general hospital - benzodiazepines - opioids


Brent Sørensen
Germany
Local time: 13:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: This is fine too, though I don't agree with "prescription".
2 hrs

agree  Marga Shaw: also: medical drug addiction ( https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:snvs6o... )
4 hrs

agree  Dhananjay Rau: yes, absolutely
11 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Prescription drug abuse


Explanation:
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/th-concept/-/res...

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-08-24 18:24:42 GMT)
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Prescription Drug Addiction | A Guide To Abuse Signs ...www.detoxplusuk.com › addiction-to-prescription-drugs
Addiction to medication & prescription drug abuse has now reached epidemic levels in the UK. If left untreated it can become life-threatening.

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Liz, but that would exclude OTC drugs, so I hesitate.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: You can abuse drugs without being dependent on them.
2 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
drug dependency


Explanation:
You can still use it like this. I think the context makes it extra clear that it is referring to medication and not illicit drugs.

I would actually suggest using this instead of the word medication, because it makes sense to indirectly allude to alcohol etc being drugs in a way rather than medication.

Don't let the localization influence you too much - the word "drug" in this context has similar meaning in both.


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=Medikamentenabh%C3%A4ngigkeit+
    https://www.google.com/search?q=drug+uk+english&oq=drug+uk+english&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i59j69i60l3j69i61j69i60l2.2349j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 14:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Chris Pr: Already suggested 14 hours earlier...plus the refs and CL5 don't match at all...
17 hrs
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
medication addiction


Explanation:
https://dict.leo.org/german-english/Medikamentenabhängigkeit

Or, since the asker wishes to include OTC medications:
pharmaceutical addiction

Ref. material:
"I'm not sure this should be limited to prescription drugs, thereby excluding over-the-counter medications."

http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/drugwars/day5/in...

"Research shows more people are addicted to licit drugs than illicit drugs, McLaughlin said. The medical community calls pharmaceutical addiction the hidden epidemic."

Source: https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=18...

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Note added at 1 day 8 hrs (2020-08-26 02:00:41 GMT)
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Also, I'd rework the suggested sentence to read, '...alcoholism and med/pharm addiction...'

Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz
4 hrs
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