Opiates withdrawal symptoms

Opiate withdrawal happens when stopping, or dramatically reducing, opiate use after heavy and prolonged use (several weeks or more).

Opiates include heroin, morphine, codeine, Oxycontin, Dilaudid, methadone, and others.

About 9% of the population is believed to misuse opiates over the course of their lifetime, including illegal substances like heroin and prescribed pain medications such as Oxycontin.

These opiates can cause physical dependence. This means that an individual relies on the substance to prevent symptoms of withdrawal to happen. Over time, greater amounts of the substance become mandatory to produce the same effect.

The time it takes to become physically dependent varies with each person.

When the opiates are stopped, the body needs time to recover, and withdrawal symptoms result. Withdrawal from opiates can occur whenever any chronic use is discontinued or reduced. The time period will vary with each opiate drugs.

Some individuals even withdraw from opiates after hospitalization for painful conditions without realizing what is happening to them. They think they have the flu, and because they don't know that opiates would fix the problem, they don't crave the substance.

Symptoms of withdrawal include but not limited to:

• Dilated pupils
• Diarrhea
• Runny nose
• Goose bumps
• Abdominal pain.
• Sweating
• Agitation
• Nausea
• Vomiting

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