Complicated opioid withdrawal- A case report
Journal Title: Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Although, anecdotal case reports are being published describing complicated opioid withdrawal e.g. seizure and delirium, various international classification system and standard textbooks do not mention about the complicated withdrawal like with alcohol. Interestingly, these complications reported from specific form of the opioid and specific geographical region. The case in this report presented with complicated opioid withdrawal like picture which later found to be due to medical condition. Hence, we report this case here to discuss various possibilities to be explored while dealing with the case of complicated opioid withdrawal.
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Vivek Kumar, Nimish Gupta
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- DOI 10.18231/2348-7682.2017.0013
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