Withdrawal of heroin produces all the following symptoms except
Opioids cause miosis, withdrawal-opp. effects so not miosis Other withdrawal symptoms: yawning, insomnia, mydriasis, lacrimation, nausea, vomiting etc. opiod withdrawl is a distressing experience for the patient that makes the patient to take the sunstance again the main clue for opiod withdrawl isALL ORIFICES BLEED there is lacrimation, sweating, vomiting, rhinorrhea, diarrhoea, muscle cramps and stomach ache the piloerection that occurs in opiod withdrawl is called as COLD TURKEY the tratment of opiod withdrawl can be doneby several means SUPPOIVE CARE: clonidine+benzodiazepines+dicyclomine+anti emetic+anti diarrhoeal AGONIST ASSOSIATED DETOXIFICATION: methadone and bupenorphine ANTAGONIST ASSOSIATED DETOXIFICATION: naltrexone Ref: Essentials of postgraduate psychiatry By JN Vyas 1st ed Pg 338-340
Insomnia
Piloerection
Mydriasis
Miosis
Substance abuse