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Originally Posted by kittycapucine1974
So, when our body knows it is not receiving enough medication to maintain a certain constant level in our blood, our body responds to this lack of medication by using withdrawal symptoms? I wonder if withdrawal symptoms just happen with opioids or if they can occur with any medication.
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Withdrawal occurs when a body is deprived of any substance it has become physically dependent upon. This includes opioids, and
can include many other drugs (and types of drugs) but it does not occur with
any/all drugs.
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So, if my health conditions have worsened, causing my pain to get worse, it means the pain medication is no longer controlling the pain as well as it used to. I thought an increase in tolerance to a pain medication, responsible for withdrawal, could happen or not happen, even if my health conditions have worsened.
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That is also possible. I think it's important that all pain patients understand these terms and the differences between them.
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/...finitions1.pdf
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