If a tranquilizer is prescribed, be sure your physician informs you of its possible side effects, such as addiction.

如果开了镇静剂，一定要让医生告诉你它可能带来的副作用，例如上瘾。

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They too fall prey to their sugar addiction, which largely undoes the effects of many of the useful products sold in those stores.

他们已经成为嗜糖成瘾的牺牲品，他们的糖瘾在很大程度上抵消了在这些商店里出售的许多有用的产品的功效。

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What they don't consider is the side effects that come from these types of pills, not the least of which is addiction.

但他们没有考虑到药物的副作用，尤其是会上瘾的作用。

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The event, taking place at the city's Woodside Halls, is part of the wider Recovery Weekend, which invites people dealing with the effects of addiction, their families and friends to gather in Glasgow to meet and share ideas.

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D-cycloserine selectively enhances extinction, suppressing the effects of conditioned associations such as anxiety, addiction and phobias.

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Online gaming like World of Warcraft is suffering its fair share of concerns, particularly in the Far East, where there are fears of widespread addiction and detrimental effects on intensive users' health.

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