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This page confuses physical dependence with addiction, which is a purely psychological phenomenon. Physical dependence on, e.g., an opioid used for pain control does *NOT* imply addiction, and conversely it is quite possible to become psychologically addicted to drugs (e.g., marijuana) that induce little or no physical dependence. If there is no objection I propose to rewrite this article to make this distinction clear.
That would be great if you could do a rewrite. I would humbly suggest dividing the document into Psychological Withdrawal and Physical Withdrawal. You may want to coordinate this with the discussion on Talk:Addiction -- Tim 01:57, 2004 Oct 9 (UTC)
I would like someone to explain the economic meaning of this word.
There are criteria for withdrawl established for different drugs in the DSM-IV TR. Those should also be considered part of this article. 70.48.159.12 16:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Dear all, I am from Sweden and my mother tounge is therefore Swedish. My level of English is faily good. However, my fellow countymen here at work are mostly not that skilld. It very often ends up with direct translations that makes it more "Swinglings" than anything else... Mostly understandable, but clearly not correct. I just came across the word withdrawal in a form we use internally but regularly distribute to customers worldwide. I felt that this must be the wrong word, but couldn´t come up with the right word. Therefore I wanded to check what meanings Wikipedia (the English site) described. Perhaps I am wrong this time (most unlikely...). But can not withdrawal describe "pulling back from a market" or retreating troups for example.
I loved the comment on the economic meaning! (Of course it means "withdrawing money from the hole in the wall (ATM) to by the fags...?)) However I would appreciate some serious comments (Im I wrong or not to start with).
I am not suited to re-write the article, it should be done by someone with higher qualifications in the English language (British such preferably for me).
I will now find the answer I want elsewhere...
The section on drug abuse withdrawal is highly inaccurate if not guess work. Can anything cite this? The statement that all drugs affect dopamine is ridiculous, along with the statement that says the brain will be eventually devoid of all pleasure. This seems like it was taken from unscientific low level propaganda. This needs a rewrite and a citation or two.
-- Shplongl ( talk) 03:15, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
I think this article misses the experience also called 'craving' that occurs during long-term abstinence. In this situation, the addict feels an extremely intense urge to use/drink. This may occur at any time during the abstinence (1 day to 20 yrs). It may or may not be accompanied by a trigger. It may or may not be preceded by a cognition justifying use ("I can stop after just one", "the consequences of my prior use weren't that bad"). Addressing cravings is a key part of 'relapse prevention,' during periods of abstinence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.129.248.3 ( talk) 16:45, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Reward from any drug is mediated by dopamine at the level of communication between the Ventral Tegmentum (VT) and the Nucleus Accumbens (NA). Inputs to the VT can be mediated by any of a number of receptors (opiate, cannabanoid, acetyl choline (nicotine))
Lack of emotion in response to any particular drug occurs when the circuits connecting the limbic system and both the VT and NA are atrophied, as the result of ongoing use. This would more affect response to triggers, than to other stimuli. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.129.248.3 ( talk) 16:51, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
This article attempts to strongly relate euphoric aspects of drugs with their addictive nature. While there may be some small degree of pleasure-centre connection, some of the most addictive substances (eg nicotine) are not strongly related to any euphoric effect, whearas some of the most euphoric (eg:extacy MDMA) are not addictive.
I'm tempted just to delete several paragraphs as lacking any citation or basis in reality. ??? -- Jaymax ( talk) 00:54, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Does the coverage here of this topic exceed the suggestions in WP:SUMMARY ? Jim.henderson ( talk) 11:17, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: move to Drug withdrawal Martijn Hoekstra ( talk) 18:21, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
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Withdrawal → Withdrawal (drug dependency) – The word "withdrawal" has many different meanings, and most of the meanings of this word are unrelated to drug dependency. Withdrawal should redirect to Withdrawal (disambiguation) instead of only redirecting to one specific meaning of this term. Jarble ( talk) 01:54, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I propose to merge Cold turkey into this page, because it’s just a slang term for drug withdrawal. Brinerat ( talk) 12:54, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
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miy 2402:3A80:1E10:A69F:0:49:73B0:C301 ( talk) 20:50, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
What the hell is this trash. There are absolutely zero citations on a page dealing with such a complex issue. It is insane that such controversial claims are being made without use of citations.
Article needs complete review. Taifraser ( talk) 09:56, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
Side effect of Beta blocker Bradycardia Drug with drawal, sudden withdrawal may induce angina With ischemic heart disease 41.235.35.46 ( talk) 01:39, 6 January 2024 (UTC)