withdrawalphysiology
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alcoholism ( in alcoholism: Defining alcoholism
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...drinking. A purely pharmacological-physiological definition of alcoholism classifies it as a drug addiction that requires imbibing increasing doses to produce desired effects and that causes a withdrawal syndrome when drinking is stopped. This definition is inadequate, however, because alcoholics, unlike other drug addicts, do not always need ever-increasing doses of alcohol. Opium...
in alcoholism: Acute diseases )In cases of severe alcohol withdrawal, it is common for seizures, mental clouding, disorientation, and hallucinations (both visual and auditory) to occur during the first 48 hours. Depending on the amount and quality of care and treatment as well as on the possible occurrence of additional disease, delirium tremens can develop, usually after 36 hours. Delirium tremens...
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drug abuse and addiction ( in drug abuse
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...in its extent and effect; it can be physical or psychological or both. Physical dependence becomes apparent only when the drug intake is decreased or stopped and an involuntary illness called the withdrawal (or abstinence) syndrome occurs. Drugs known to produce physical dependence are the opiates (i.e., opium and its derivatives) and central-nervous-system depressants such as...
in drug use: Physiological effects of addiction )...of abstinence when the drug is withdrawn. All levels of the central nervous system appear to be involved, but a classic feature of physical dependence is the “abstinence” or “withdrawal” syndrome. If the addict is abruptly deprived of a drug upon which the body has physical dependence, there will ensue a set of reactions, the intensity of which will depend on the...
in drug use: Physiological and psychological effects )...of the eye, abnormal dilation of the pupil, visual hallucinations, and unpleasant delusions. Marijuana is not a drug of addiction. Use does not lead to physical dependence, and there are no withrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued. Psychological dependence does occur among certain types of users. Infrequently, a “cannabis psychosis” may occur, but generally this type...
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role of REM sleep
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...spent in REM sleep, with enhanced amounts of NREM sleep. Amphetamine, an analeptic (stimulant), decreases REM sleep. Many tranquilizers also slightly reduce REM sleep. There is evidence that the withdrawal symptoms of persons taken off addictive drugs of any variety (e.g., barbiturates, amphetamines, narcotics) are accompanied by relatively high percentages of REM sleep. It has been...
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tobacco
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...same effect. Typically, when tolerance has developed and nicotine intake has increased, the body becomes physiologically dependent on nicotine, and any abrupt abstinence from smoking will trigger withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms include impaired ability to concentrate, irritability, weight gain, depressed mood, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and persistent cravings. The symptoms typically...
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treatment
( in drug: Opioid analgesics )
...action; however, this belief proved false. Methadone, a synthetic opioid analgesic, has long-lasting analgesic effects (six to eight hours) when taken orally and is used to moderate the effects of withdrawal from heroin addiction. Among the opioid antagonist drugs, naloxone and its longer-lasting orally active version, naltrexone, are used primarily to reverse morphine overdoses and to reverse...
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alcoholism ( in alcoholism: Defining alcoholism
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...drinking. A purely pharmacological-physiological definition of alcoholism classifies it as a drug addiction that requires imbibing increasing doses to produce desired effects and that causes a withdrawal syndrome when drinking is stopped. This definition is inadequate, however, because alcoholics, unlike other drug addicts, do not always need ever-increasing doses of alcohol. Opium...
in alcoholism: Acute diseases )In cases of severe alcohol withdrawal, it is common for seizures, mental clouding, disorientation, and hallucinations (both visual and auditory) to occur during the first 48 hours. Depending on the amount and quality of care and treatment as well as on the possible occurrence of additional disease, delirium tremens can develop, usually after 36 hours. Delirium tremens...
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drug abuse and addiction ( in drug abuse
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...in its extent and effect; it can be physical or psychological or both. Physical dependence becomes apparent only when the drug intake is decreased or stopped and an involuntary illness called the withdrawal (or abstinence) syndrome occurs. Drugs known to produce physical dependence are the opiates (i.e., opium and its derivatives) and central-nervous-system depressants such as...
in drug use: Physiological effects of addiction )...of abstinence when the drug is withdrawn. All levels of the central nervous system appear to be involved, but a classic feature of physical dependence is the “abstinence” or “withdrawal” syndrome. If the addict is abruptly deprived of a drug upon which the body has physical dependence, there will ensue a set of reactions, the intensity of which will depend on the...
in drug use: Physiological and psychological effects )...of the eye, abnormal dilation of the pupil, visual hallucinations, and unpleasant delusions. Marijuana is not a drug of addiction. Use...
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alcoholism alcoholism
...conditions associated with alcoholism are those that occur in the postintoxication state—the alcohol-withdrawal syndromes. The most common and least debilitating of these syndromes is the hangover—a general malaise typically accompanied by headache and nausea. After a prolonged bout of drunkenness, however, severe withdrawal phenomena often supervene. These phenomena include...
Student Encyclopædia Britannica articles specifically written for elementary and high school students.
- How Stuff Works - Health - How Hangovers Work
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J.H. Reid, Heinrich Böll: Withdrawal and Reemergence (1973), is a critical study, and his Heinrich Böll: A German for His Time (1988), examines Böll’s life and works in historical perspective.
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Student Encyclopædia Britannica articles specifically written for elementary and high school students.
(Sanskrit: “withdrawal of the senses”), in the Yoga system of Indian philosophy, fifth of the eight stages intended to lead the aspirant to samādhi, the state of perfect concentration. The goal of pratyāhāra is to arrest the reaction of the senses to external objects, thus helping to isolate and free the mind from the involuntary intrusions caused by sensory activity. The mind does not cease to experience external phenomena but merely experiences them directly through its own intensified powers of concentration instead of through the mediation of the senses.
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practice of Yoga Yoga
The fifth stage, pratyāhāra (“withdrawal”), involves control of the senses, or the ability to withdraw the attention of the senses from outward objects to the mind.
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steel casting steel
The key control parameter of continuous casting is matching the flow of liquid steel into the mold with the withdrawal speed of the strand out of the mold. The control of flow rates is accomplished by the tundish, a small, refractory-lined distributer that is placed over the mold and that receives steel from the furnace ladle (see figure). Withdrawal speed is controlled by driven rolls, which...
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