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Case Reports
. 1986 Jun;140(6):603-4.
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1986.02140200113039.

Narcotic withdrawal syndrome in young adults after the therapeutic use of opiates

Case Reports

Narcotic withdrawal syndrome in young adults after the therapeutic use of opiates

A W Miser et al. Am J Dis Child. 1986 Jun.

Abstract

Five young adults with malignant neoplasms developed symptoms of narcotic withdrawal six to 48 hours after the abrupt discontinuation of narcotic therapy that had been administered for six to 21 days. The symptoms, which included agitation, irritability, muscular jerks, abdominal pain, diarrhea, burning sensations, "gooseflesh," and itching, rapidly resolved when narcotic therapy was reinstituted. Four patients were then successfully weaned from opiates without recurrence of their withdrawal symptoms; the fifth patient continues to receive methadone hydrochloride treatment for continuing pain.

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