The welfare commissioner said the program caused dependency and the poor were "better off" without it.
When taking anti-diarrheal medications and laxatives, use the lowest dose that works since these drugs can cause dependency and problems in the long-term.
When SSRIs (Prozac is the most famous) came on to the market in the late 80s, their big selling point was that they did not cause dependency, unlike, say, the housewife's former favourite, the benzodiazapine Valium.
The latter comes in the form of nasal sprays, which are good for the short term but can cause dependency, and oral medications.
In that sense, rather than solving the structural inequalities, such humanitarianism can cause dependency among the recipients which can be exploited by political and ideological groups as the source of aid.
"The solutions proposed in the COP generate more poverty because they cause dependency, and that impacts women and children the most," she elaborated.
Herbal remedies are believed by the general public to be safe, cause less side-effects and be less likely to cause dependency [ 20].
Wasow claimed that institutionalization does not necessarily cause dependency; rather it provides a permanent, structured, supervised housing for the chronically mentally ill [ 48].
Ageing increases the risk of suffering from one or more chronic conditions, and often causes dependency and a necessity for assistance in daily life [ 22].
