(6) SSRIs, although generally well tolerated by pregnant women, should gradually be discontinued, as abrupt cessation can induce a SSRI
withdrawal syndrome. This can include dizziness, anxiety, sleep disturbances, agitation, tremor, nausea, sweating and confusion.
A search of the 2001 AERS reports identified 57 cases of possible neonatal
withdrawal syndrome that met the FDA's case definition: maternal SRI use up to the time of delivery; symptoms that could not be attributed to another cause, with an onset hours to days after delivery, which resolved in days or weeks; or a case that was reported specifically as SRI withdrawal.
From the data gathered, the team looks for clues that might identify the patient for risk of alcohol
withdrawal syndrome. For example, a patient with a history of previous alcohol withdrawal and alcohol withdrawal-related seizures would be at high risk for alcohol withdrawal.
social treatment of alcohol
withdrawal syndrome. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39(5):791-803, 1983.
The authors confirm that, in normal adults, abruptly ceasing the daily consumption of caffeine results in a clinically relevant
withdrawal syndrome. Half the subjects had moderate or severe headaches.
Management of moderate and severe alcohol
withdrawal syndromes. In: UpToDate, Post TW (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA.
These complications include alcohol
withdrawal syndrome in the form of delirium tremens which is characterized by a state of intense acute withdrawal state in the form of mental confusion, diaphoresis, agitation, fluctuating levels of consciousness, visual and auditory hallucinations associated with tremors and autonomic activity!4) Alcohol withdrawal seizures occur within 48 hours of alcohol cessation and occur either as a single generalized tonic-clonic seizure or a brief episode of multiple seizures usually with a normal EEG record!5) In alcohol hallucinosis the patients have transient visual, auditory or tactile hallucination, but are otherwise clear.
Induction and Evaluation of Morphine
Withdrawal SyndromeNicotine
withdrawal syndrome (NWS) is considered an important component of tobacco dependence (Baker, Piper, McCarthy, Majeskie, & Fiore, 2004; Hughes, Higgins, & Hatsukami, 1990).
When someone stops from smoking he/she might suffer from a physical and emotional
withdrawal syndrome. It's the body adjusting to not having nicotine.
In an attempt to go beyond maternal addiction and to address iatrogenic
withdrawal syndrome, the Opioid Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Score (OBWS) was developed.