fluke. an organism of the class trematoda, characterized by a body that is usually flat and often leaflike; flukes can infect the blood, liver, intestines, and lungs.Called also trematode. Flukes are not common in the United States but are a serious problem in many Asian, tropical, and subtropical countries.nother liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, is occasionally found in humans; it causes obstruction of the bile ducts and enlargement of the liver. Blood flukes such as Schistosoma penetrate the skin, make their way to the blood and travel to various parts of the body (see also schistosomiasis).
How Medication-Assisted Treatment Can Help Opioid Addiction. When people become dependent on opioids, they feel sick when there are no opioids in the body. This sickness is known as withdrawal. Along with intense cravings, withdrawal is a hallmark of opioid addiction, and the two combined can make recovery especially difficult. By helping to reduce cravings and withdrawal, medication-assisted treatment can help a person stop thinking constantly about the problem drug.
This is one of the psychological effects of drug addiction involved in craving of the drug. Craving is an effect of drug addiction whereby the addict is obsessed with obtaining and using the drug, to the exclusion of all else.One of the psychological effects of addiction involved in craving is the belief the addict cannot function or handle life without use of the drug.Other psychological effects of drug addiction include: 3. 1  Wild mood swings, depression, anxiety, paranoia, violence.sychological Effects of Drug Addiction. The psychological effects of drug addiction come from the reason the user is addicted to drugs, as well as the changes that take place in the brain once a person becomes a drug addict.