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Substance Abuse, Intravenous MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Tree Number(s)
C25.775.793
F03.900.793
Unique ID
D015819
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015819
Annotation
IM + specific drug or substance IM (without qualif); for "abuse, overuse or misuse"
Scope Note
Abuse, overuse, or misuse of a substance by its injection into a vein.
Entry Term(s)
Drug Abuse, Intravenous
Drug Abuse, Parenteral
Intravenous Drug Abuse
Previous Indexing
Injections, Intravenous (1966-1989)
Substance Abuse (1966-1989)
See Also
Needle Sharing
Needle-Exchange Programs
Public MeSH Note
90
History Note
90
Date Introduced
1990/01/01
Last Updated
2019/05/24
Substance Abuse, Intravenous Preferred
Intravenous Drug Abuse Narrower
Drug Abuse, Parenteral Narrower
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