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1929 Light & Torrance in Arch. Internal Med. 44 11 The general behavior and symptomatology of these addicts were uniform during the forty-eight hour withdrawal period.

1961 Lancet 23 Sept. 677/1 A steroid withdrawal syndrome occurs in patients who have stopped corticosteroid therapy.

1962 Lancet 6 Jan. 54/2 Lobeline sulphate closely resembles nicotine in many of its pharmacological actions. Using it as a substitute for tobacco during the withdrawal phase, Dorsey found the results ‘encouraging’.

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xvi. 113 I had seen that stare and twitching frequently enough now..to be able to tag it as an indication of the degree of withdrawal sickness.

1965 New Statesman 7 May 716/1 Often these women directly sabotaged the programme. One flushed her son's withdrawal medication down the lavatory.

1965 New Statesman 3 Dec. 866/2 I asked him how long it was since the withdrawal pains had stopped.

1966 C. E. Israel Hostages 94 She wouldn't have had the dreg end of her withdrawal agonies yet.

1967 Guardian 7 Dec. 1/6 Methedrine has been used in heroin withdrawal treatment.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard v. 140 Morgan was entering the withdrawal stage and would soon be requiring another intravenous dose.