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A 60 year old man presents in OPD with history of opium addiction for the last 20 yrs. He has given up opium for 2 days. Withdrawal symptoms will include:

A
Drowsiness
B
Constricted pupil
C
Rhinorrhoea
D
|ed Blood pressure
High-Yield Explanation
(Withdrawal symptoms due to any drug of addiction are usually same, barring minor differences- Chilliness/ sensation of cold, uneasiness, yawning, rhinorrhoea, lacrimation, goose-skin, tremors, dilated pupils, anorexia, tachypnoea, | sleep, fever, HT, cramps legs/abdomen, diarrhoea. A good way to remember s/s of withdrawal syndrome is that there is loss of fluids from all natural orifices.)

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