Acute and Persistent Withdrawal Syndromes Following Discontinuation of Psychotropic Medications. (2020)
Psychother Psychosom. 2020 Apr 7:1-24. doi: 10.1159/000506868. [Epub ahead of print] Acute and Persistent Withdrawal Syndromes Following Discontinuation of Psychotropic Medications. Cosci F 1, 2 , Chouinard G 3 . 1 Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, fiammetta.cosci@unifi.it. 2 Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, fiammetta.cosci@unifi.it. 3 Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Program, McGill University and Mental Health Institute of Montreal Fernand Seguin Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada. Abstract Studies on psychotropic medications decrease, discontinuation, or switch have uncovered withdrawal syndromes. The present overview aimed at analyzing the literature to illustrate withdrawal after decrease, discontinuation, or switch of psychotropic medications based on the drug class (i.e., benzodiazepines, nonbenzodiazepine benzodi...