The diagnosis of severe obsessions in the setting of kratom withdrawal and treatment with lorazepam: Case report
Recommended Citation
Sablaban IM, and Gautam M. The diagnosis of severe obsessions in the setting of kratom withdrawal and treatment with lorazepam: Case report. J Addict Dis 2020.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-12-2020
Publication Title
Journal of Addictive Diseases: The official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Abstract
Commercially available Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a dietary supplement that has gained popularity in the United States for its psychoactive effects and potential medicative properties as an opioid receptor agonist. Likewise, sudden discontinuation may be accompanied by an opioid-like withdrawal. We present the first case in the literature of the withdrawal manifesting in disturbing obsessive thoughts after the substance was used as an opioid replacement treatment by our patient, as well as the first case where lorazepam is utilized for mitigation of these thoughts.
PubMed ID
32924857
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
First Page
1
Last Page
2
