Drug withdrawal

Effect on homeostasis[edit]

Homeostasis is the body's ability to maintain a certain chemical equilibrium in the brain and throughout the body. For example, the function of shivering in response to cold is to produce heat maintaining internal temperature at around 37 °C (98.6 °F). Homeostasis is impacted in many ways by drug usage and withdrawal. The internal systems perpetuate homeostasis by using different counter-regulatory methods in order to create a new state of balance based on the presence of the drug in the system.[2] These methods include adapting the body's levels of neurotransmitters, hormones, and other substances present to adjust for the addition of the drug to the body.[3]

F10.3 (which can lead to delirium tremens)

alcohol withdrawal syndrome

F11.3 , including methadone withdrawal[7]

Opioid withdrawal

F12.3

cannabis withdrawal

F13.3

benzodiazepine withdrawal

F14.3

cocaine withdrawal

F15.3

caffeine withdrawal

F17.3

nicotine withdrawal

Examples (and ICD-10 code) of withdrawal syndrome include:

Chemical dependency

Drug detoxification

Drug tolerance

Hangover

Neonatal withdrawal

(PAWS)

Post-acute withdrawal syndrome

Rebound effect