Withdrawal
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Withdrawal, also known as withdrawal/abstinence syndrome, refers to the characteristic signs and symptoms that appear when a drug that causes physical dependence is regularly used for a long time and then suddenly discontinued or decreased in dosage. The term can also, less formally, refer to symptoms that appear after discontinuing a drug or other substance (unable to cause true physical dependence) that one has become psychologically dependent upon.
Examples are:
- alcohol withdrawal syndrome
- delirium tremens
- benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome
- methadone withdrawal symptoms
- SSRI discontinuation syndrome
- neonatal abstinence syndrome
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