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** Of course, the Brekkans are going to have an [[Inferred Holocaust|economic holocaust]], but after ''two centuries'' of enslaving the other world with needles to the point that they're no longer coherent enough to ''repair their own ships'', you might call it [[Laser-Guided Karma]].
* In ''[[Lexx]]'', Divine Assassin Kai needs protoblood {{spoiler|the blood of an Insect}} to maintain his undead existence. It stops being an issue after the first season when the crew manages to get a good supply of protoblood.
* In the 1970s-vintage [[Invisibility|"invisible man"]] series ''[[Gemini Man]]'', main character Sam Casey was caught in a radiation accident that rendered him invisible -- with the side effect that the invisibility was also slowly ''killing him''.
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* [[Mage Killer|Templars]] in the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' series develop Lyrium addiction over time, officially, because their [[Anti-Magic]] powers run on it. Unofficially, it's pretty clear that the [[The Church|Chantry]] hooks them up on Lyrium on purpose to keep them on a short leash.
* In ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution'', all augmented humans (with the exception of the main character) must take Neuropozene regularly. Otherwise, their body rejects the augments, and the results are... not fun. This is [[Truth in Television]] for many [[Real Life]] recipients of organ transplants.
* The ''[[Fallout]]'' games are full of a wide assortment of [[Fantastic Drug]]s (and mundane ones), any of which can potentially become addictive after only a couple of uses, with the withdrawal symptoms causing stat debuffs whenever you aren't on the drug in question. Luckily, it's pretty straightforward for any doctor to rid you of your addictions (and in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' there's a consumable item that does it for you).
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