Cocaine withdrawal

Background

• Uncomfortable, but not life-threatening

Clinical Features

• Irritability
• Paranoid ideation
• Depression/ anhedonia
• Anxiety
• Fatigue
• Difficulty concentrating
• Increased appetite
• Increased sleep and increased dreaming (due to increased REM sleep)

Management

• Benzos

Disposition

• Outpatient

See Also

• Cocaine Intoxication
• Cocaine Chest Pain
• Cocaine