Drug-Withdrawal
Drug-Withdrawal Withdrawal effects are most common among all drugs that target the central nervous system. This includes tranquilizers, painkillers with narcotics,amphetamines and other stimulants, nicotine, and many drugs for depression.
The body slowly adapts or adjusts to the chemical intrusion of the drug, trying to nullify its effects. When the drug is suddenly withdrawn it disrupts the nervous system until it can readjust to a "drug free"world.
Rebound effects are a form of withdrawal effect that tricks many people into believing they can't do without a drug. When the drug is withdrawn, the original problem returns, but the symptoms are often more severe than at the start. The classic case are the sleep medications such as Halcion and Restoril. Not only do they become less effectivive over time as the body adjusts to the chemical intrusion, stopping can cause rebound insomnia.
Taper off these drugs slowly. It's best to work with a doctor familar with withdrawal problems, and this step is essential for some psychiatric drugs.
Opiate withdrawal refers to the wide range of symptoms that occur after stopping or dramatically reducing opiate drugs after heavy and prolonged use (several weeks or more).
Opiate drugs include heroin, morphine, codeine, Oxycontin, Dilaudid, methadone, and others.
Some people even withdraw from opiates after being given such drugs for pain while in the hospital without realizing what is happening to them. They think they have the flu, and because they don't know that opiates would fix the problem, they don't crave the drugs.
Opioid withdrawal reactions are very uncomfortable but are not life threatening. Symptoms usually start within 12 hours of last heroin usage and within 30 hours of last methadone exposure.
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