addiction caused by medical treatment (e.g., liberal use of opiate analgesics in a hospital setting or by a physician that leads to opiate addiction).
I went in for back surgery and they kept giving me morphine. Now that I was sent home they gave me a prescription for OxyContin. I just can't seem to stop taking them. Now my doctor says that I have iatrogenic addiction. WTF am I supposed to do now?
by Big Momma Stanley September 23, 2010
The use of several drugs either in succession or at one time to achieve a certain effect; most drug abusers are polydrug abusers.
I just wasn't getting the high I wanted from the weedso I laced it with coke. Dude,you're a polydrug abuser! Right on!
by Big Momma Stanley September 23, 2010