Withdrawal syndrome
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A withdrawal
syndrome, also called a discontinuation syndrome, occurs when a person suddenly stops taking or reduces the dosage of some types of medications. The risk of a discontinuation syndrome occurring increases with dosage and length of use.
Withdrawal
Withdrawal can refer to any sort of separation, but is most commonly used to describe the group of symptoms that occurs upon the abrupt discontinuation/separation or a decrease in dosage of the intake of medications, recreational drugs, and alcohol...
syndrome, also called a discontinuation syndrome, occurs when a person suddenly stops taking or reduces the dosage of some types of medications. The risk of a discontinuation syndrome occurring increases with dosage and length of use.
- Alcohol withdrawal syndromeAlcohol withdrawal syndrome-Protracted withdrawal:A protracted alcohol withdrawal syndrome occurs in many alcoholics where withdrawal symptoms continue beyond the acute withdrawal stage but usually at a subacute level of intensity and gradually decreasing with severity over time. This syndrome is also sometimes referred to...
, symptoms seen when an individual reduces or stops alcohol consumption after periods of excessive alcohol intake - Opioid withdrawal, symptoms seen cessation or rapid reduction of intake of opioid class drugs
- Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndromeBenzodiazepine withdrawal syndromeBenzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome—often abbreviated to benzo withdrawal—is the cluster of symptoms which appear when a person who has taken benzodiazepines long term and has developed benzodiazepine dependence stops taking benzodiazepine drug or during dosage reductions...
, symptoms that appear when a long term user stops taking benzodiazepines or reduces the dosage - Cannabis withdrawalCannabis withdrawalCannabis withdrawal is a form of withdrawal associated with the substance cannabis. It is included in the proposed revision of DSM-5.At one time cannabis was considered a drug that had no withdrawal symptoms because users did not display symptoms similar to those withdrawing from alcohol or opiates...
, a form of withdrawal associated with the substance cannabis - Neonatal withdrawalNeonatal withdrawalNeonatal withdrawal or neonatal abstinence syndrome is a withdrawal syndrome of infants, caused by administration of drugs. Tolerance, dependence and withdrawal may occur as a result of repeated administration of drugs, or even after short-term high dose use for example during mechanical...
, a withdrawal syndrome of infants, caused by administration of drugs or the prenatal exposure to a substance - Nicotine withdrawalNicotine withdrawalNicotine withdrawal is a term used to describe the effects felt by a person who is nicotine dependent and suddenly stops or significantly reduces his/her nicotine intake. Since smoking cigarettes is the most popular form of nicotine use, the effects of nicotine withdrawal have been most commonly...
, the effects felt by a person who is nicotine dependent and suddenly stops or significantly reduces his or her nicotine intake - SSRI discontinuation syndromeSSRI discontinuation syndromeSSRI discontinuation syndrome, also known as SSRI withdrawal syndrome or SSRI cessation syndrome, is a syndrome that can occur following the interruption, dose reduction, or discontinuation of SSRI or SNRI antidepressant medications...
, a syndrome that can occur following the interruption, dose reduction, or discontinuation of SSRI or SNRI medications