drug of choice

drug of choice

1. An illicit substance one is addicted to or tends to prefer. I dabbled with a few different recreational drugs in college, but marijuana was my drug of choice.
2. The favored pharmaceutical treatment for a given medical condition or ailment. Lithium has long been the drug of choice for many physicians to treat depression and bipolar disorder.
3. By extension, any habit, activity, or vice that one is particularly fond of or dependent upon. A lot of people resort to drugs or alcohol to cope with their problems, but exercise has always been my drug of choice. Coffee became my drug of choice after working as a barista for three years during college.
See also: choice, drug, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • knock the habit
  • knock the/(one's) habit
  • junky
  • coke
  • drughead
  • hophead
  • stolen fruit is (the) sweetest
  • stolen fruit is sweet
  • stolen fruit is sweetest
  • stolen pleasures are (the) sweetest
References in periodicals archive
"Cocaine is not a drug of choice here in the Philippines, but of countries like Australia, mainland China, and Hong Kong.
CANNABIS Ireland's illegal drug of choice, despite cost
* The recreational drug of choice for the rave generation could have a legitimate role in treating cancer
Additional blood loss of 300 mL or greater after treatment occurred for 147 (30%) of women receiving misoprostol and 83 (17%) receiving oxytocin (RR 1.78, 95% CI 1.40-2.26), confirming that oxytocin is the drug of choice for PPH in hospital settings but that misoprostol might be a suitable first-line treatment alternative.
"Cocaine is the drug of choice, because it is cheaper, but also people have lost focus on its effects." In 2007/08 there were 416 arrests: in 2008/09 it was 406..
ACEIs should remain the drug of choice for high-risk patients with CVD unless angioedema or cough become a problem
But doctors say increased numbers of cases involving heroin are making an appearance, and at least one city drug rehabilitation centre has reported that heroin has overtaken tik as the drug of choice. Hardcore users of tik often need mental health treatment after they experience psychosis-dramatic paranoia where they claim to hear and see things.
Before then, I had experimented with other drugs, but marijuana was my drug of choice." Bobby, who has a 15-year-old daughter Bobbi with Whitney, also revealed he believes his marriage to Whitney was destined to fail from the start.
Between 11% and 20% of all patients who presented for substance rehabilitation in the second half of 2006 stated that heroin was their primary or secondary drug of choice. The use of heroin in combination with other drugs has also become popular.
SKUNK is now the drug of choice among cannabis users and is sparking violence on the streets of Teesside, police warned today.
Police in Barnsley, South Yorks., which has had 100 bin fires in a fortnight, say it's the "new drug of choice".
Pantilat considers the drug of choice to be promethazine at 12.5-25 mg every 6 hours intravenously, orally, or rectally It's a highly potent binder of the histamine receptor, but it's also quite sedating so caution is warranted in giving it to patients who might vomit.
Fentanyl is a highly effective opiate analgesic and is seen as the drug of choice for breakthrough cancer pain because of its rapid onset and short duration of action.
Failure is a wondrous accomplishment in dark horror fiction that captures the essence of the teenage loner, in a time where social normality is the drug of choice.
STURBRIDGE - The drugs are changing, and it's hard to keep up, especially when it comes to the drug of choice for today's adolescents and teenagers.