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  2. Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    After the last dose has been taken, the acute phase of the withdrawal generally lasts for about two months although withdrawal symptoms, even from low-dose use, can persist for six to twelve months gradually improving over that period, [123] [68] however, clinically significant withdrawal symptoms may persist for years, although gradually ...

  3. List of withdrawn drugs - Wikipedia

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    Withdrawn due to risk of intussusception. [47] Rimonabant (Acomplia) 2008 Worldwide Risk of severe depression and suicide. [14] Rofecoxib 2004 Worldwide Withdrawn by Merck & Co. Risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. [2] Rosiglitazone (Avandia) 2010 Europe Risk of heart attacks and death. This drug continues to be available in the US ...

  4. Headache attributed to a substance or its withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    Nitrite is found in dynamite, heart medicine and it is a chemical used to preserve meat (ergo these being known as "nitrite" or "hot dog" headaches). [2] Eating foods prepared with monosodium glutamate (MSG) may thus result in headache. Acetaldehyde from alcohol may also cause a headache either acutely or after a number of hours .

  5. Medication overuse headache - Wikipedia

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    A medication overuse headache (MOH), also known as a rebound headache, usually occurs when painkillers are taken frequently to relieve headaches. [1] These cases are often referred to as painkiller headaches. [2] Rebound headaches frequently occur daily, can be very painful and are a common cause of chronic daily headache.

  6. Effects of long-term benzodiazepine use - Wikipedia

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    After withdrawal, no patients took any further overdoses after one year post-withdrawal. The cause of the deteriorating mental and physical health in a significant proportion of patients was hypothesised to be caused by increasing tolerance where withdrawal-type symptoms emerged, despite the administration of stable prescribed doses. [52]

  7. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Common underlying causes are severely elevated blood pressure, kidney failure, severe infections, certain medications, some autoimmune diseases, and pre-eclampsia. The diagnosis is usually made by a brain scan , in which areas of swelling can be identified.

  8. Dejerine–Roussy syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Pain associated with Dejerine–Roussy syndrome is sometimes coupled with anosognosia or somatoparaphrenia which causes a patient having undergone a right-parietal, or right-sided stroke to deny any paralysis of the left side when indeed there is, or deny the paralyzed limb(s) belong to them. Although debatable, these symptoms are rare and ...

  9. Brain ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Brain ischemia has been linked to a variety of diseases or abnormalities. Individuals with sickle cell anemia, compressed blood vessels, ventricular tachycardia, plaque buildup in the arteries, blood clots, extremely low blood pressure as a result of heart attack, and congenital heart defects have a higher predisposition to brain ischemia in comparison to the average population.