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  2. Opioid withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    Opioid withdrawal is a set of symptoms (a syndrome) arising from the sudden cessation or reduction of opioids where previous usage has been heavy and prolonged. [1][2] Signs and symptoms of withdrawal can include drug craving, anxiety, restless legs syndrome, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, and an elevated heart rate.

  3. List of withdrawn drugs - Wikipedia

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    Vasculitis [3] Alpidem (Ananxyl) 1995. Worldwide. Not approved in the US, withdrawn in France in 1994 [4] and the rest of the market in 1995 because of rare but serious hepatotoxicity. [3][5] Alosetron (Lotronex) 2000. US. Serious gastrointestinal adverse events; ischemic colitis; severe constipation. [2]

  4. Methadone - Wikipedia

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    Methadone. Methadone, sold under the brand names Dolophine and Methadose among others, is a synthetic opioid used medically to treat chronic pain and opioid use disorder. [7] Prescribed for daily use, the medicine relieves cravings and opioid withdrawal symptoms. [10]

  5. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Detoxing is a first step towards sobriety. To overcome the inevitable pain of withdrawal from opiates without medication—going “cold turkey”—is excruciating. The ordeal may take a week or longer, and there is little relief from sleep deprivation, depression, and loss of bodily functions.

  6. Drug withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    Drug withdrawal. Drug withdrawal, drug withdrawal syndrome, or substance withdrawal syndrome[1] is the group of symptoms that occur upon the abrupt discontinuation or decrease in the intake of pharmaceutical or recreational drugs. In order for the symptoms of withdrawal to occur, one must have first developed a form of drug dependence.

  7. Opioid - Wikipedia

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    In Wikidata. Opioids are a class of drugs that derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the opium poppy plant. Opioids work in the brain to produce a variety of effects, including pain relief. As a class of substances, they act on opioid receptors to produce morphine -like effects. [2][3]