WITHDRAWAL
is the body's reaction to
the sudden absence of a drug to which the user has become physically dependent.
The effects can be stopped either by taking more of the drug, or by going
'cold turkey', completely doing without the drug. Not having the drug
often makes the user feel ill with flu like symptoms for at least a week.
This usually takes the form of shivering, shaking, aching joints, nose
running etc.
See also Withdrawal,
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Updated
Jan 2004
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