Back متلازمة انسحاب البنزوديازيبين Arabic Síndrome d'abstinència de les benzodiazepines Catalan Síndrome de abstinencia de las benzodiazepinas Spanish نشانگان ترک بنزودیازپین Persian Bentsodiatsepiinivieroitusoireyhtymä Finnish Syndrome de sevrage aux benzodiazépines French ベンゾジアゼピン離脱症候群 Japanese Benzodiazepin-abstinens NB Simptomi prestanka uzimanja benzodiapina Serbo-Croatian กลุ่มอาการขาดยาเบ็นโซไดอาเซพีน Thai
| Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome | |
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| Other names | Benzo withdrawal |
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| Diazepam is sometimes used in the treatment of benzodiazepine withdrawal.[1] | |
| Specialty | Addiction medicine, Psychiatry |
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Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome (BZD withdrawal) is the cluster of signs and symptoms that may emerge when a person who has been taking benzodiazepines as prescribed develops a physical dependence on them and then reduces the dose or stops taking them without a safe taper schedule.
Typically, benzodiazepine withdrawal is characterized by sleep disturbance, irritability, increased tension and anxiety, depression, panic attacks, hand tremor, shaking, sweating, difficulty with concentration, confusion and cognitive difficulty, memory problems, dry retching and nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite and weight loss, burning sensations and pain in the upper spine, palpitations, headache, nightmares, tinnitus, muscular pain and stiffness, and a host of perceptual changes.[2] More serious symptoms may also occur such as depersonalization, restless legs syndrome, seizure and suicidal ideation.
Withdrawal can be managed through awareness of the withdrawal reactions, individualized taper strategies according to withdrawal severity, the addition of alternative strategies such as reassurance, and referral to benzodiazepine withdrawal support groups.[3][4]
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