A 17-year-old boy presents to you with sweating, yawning, lacrimation, tachycardia. His friends repoed that he has been not attending college lately. The likely diagnosis is:
Correct Answer: Heroin withdrawl
Description: Dysphoric mood, Nausea, Vomiting, Lacrimation, Muscle aches, dilated pupils, sweating, yawning, fever and insomnia are the symptoms of opioid withdrawal. Heroine is the commonest opioid misused. Withdrawal is due to reduced intake or abstinence following many weeks of continuous intake Ref: DSM IV : Diagnostic Criteria for Opioid Withdrawal
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