Kratom dependence: A case report

In April 2019, a 30-year-old unemployed man was admitted to the emergency department of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital for a suicidal attempt by overdosing various medications (including benzodiazepines, sleeping pills, and anti-depressant) secondary to kratom withdrawal symptoms including...

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Published in:East Asian archives of psychiatry 2021-06, Vol.31 (2), p.49-50
Main Authors: Lai, C L, Wu, A Y K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesics
Benzodiazepines
Case reports
Diarrhea
Drug dosages
Drug withdrawal
Drugs
Fear & phobias
Humans
Memory
Metabolites
Mitragyna
Narcotics
Opioid-Related Disorders
Overdose
Pharmacology
Psychiatric hospital patients
Psychosis
Psychotropic drugs
Social anxiety
Social phobia
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Suicidal behavior
Urine
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Summary:In April 2019, a 30-year-old unemployed man was admitted to the emergency department of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital for a suicidal attempt by overdosing various medications (including benzodiazepines, sleeping pills, and anti-depressant) secondary to kratom withdrawal symptoms including restlessness, myalgia, rhinorrhoea, and diarrhoea.
ISSN:2078-9947
2224-7041
DOI:10.12809/eaap2039