Flupirtine dependence and withdrawal syndrome
| Autor: | Eva Janke, Thomas Skripuletz, Annemarie Heberlein, Thomas Hillemacher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Benzodiazepine Health (social science) medicine.drug_class Beck Depression Inventory Medicine (miscellaneous) Craving 030226 pharmacology & pharmacy 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine mental disorders Mood Alteration medicine Flupirtine medicine.symptom Substance use Withdrawal syndrome Psychology Psychiatry medicine.drug Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Substance Use. 21:335-336 |
| ISSN: | 1475-9942 1465-9891 |
| Popis: | This is the case of a 49-year-old woman, who was treated as an inpatient due to long-term flupirtine use and consecutive dependence to flupirtine. Earlier attempts to reduce the substance use by the patient herself had failed because of withdrawal symptoms such as sweating, tremor and mood alterations. There have been case reports suggesting positive reinforcing effects of flupirtine, consecutive dependence and a flupirtine-specific withdrawal syndrome. In the case reported here, flupirtine withdrawal was monitored by psychometric scales over the inpatient treatment including Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and specific withdrawal scales for benzodiazepine withdrawal such as the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment scale-Benzodiazepines (CIWA-B) and the Benzodiazepine Craving Questionnaire (BCQ). |
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