drug-naive

English

Alternative forms

• drug naive, drug-naïve, drug naïve

Etymology

From drug +‎ naive.

Adjective

drug-naive (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology, medicine) Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug.
   • 2008, Richard J. Abbott, Michael G. Ritchie, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Speciation in Plants and Animals: Pattern and Process : Papers of a Theme Issue:

     D-Amphetamine improved information processing but had no effect on inhibitory control in drug-naive controls.

   • 1992, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry:

     To address these issues, they recorded electroencephalographic sleep in 20 drug-naive schizophrenic patients, 20 drug-free but previously medicated schizophrenic patients, and 15 normal controls.