Opioid withdrawal presenting as delirium and role of buprenorphine: A case series

Opioid withdrawal presenting as delirium and role of buprenorphine: A case series

Opioid withdrawal is very rarely characterized by delirium unlike alcohol or benzodiazepine withdrawal. PubMed search through October 2016 reveals only two case series on delirium as feature of withdrawal in opioid dependence syndrome. We report two cases of opioid withdrawal (heroin) presenting wit...

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Main Authors: Sourav Das, Divyashree Sah, Shiladitya Nandi, Payel Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Subjects:
Buprenorphine
delirium
heroin withdrawal
opioid withdrawal
opioid withdrawal delirium
Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2017;volume=39;issue=5;spage=665;epage=667;aulast=Das

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