Non-opioid staircase treatment scheme to reduce morphine addiction: A case report

Alegre Dionicio C.R.; Leiva Socualaya S.J. · Revista Espanola de Drogodependencias (2020)

Resumen

Opioids are substances that are commonly used in clinical practice because of their analgesic properties. However, there is evidence that these drugs generate addiction and dependence, becoming a risk for the patients in the absence of adequate control and following by health professionals. We report the case of a young female patient with a chronic addiction to morphine who arrived to the health facility due to myalgia, diaphoresis and chills. She was stabilized in the emergency service and diagnosed with Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. Due to the fact that the establishment did not have the first line therapy, the patient was discharged from the hospital with the following medication: valproic acid, gabapentin, mirtazapine and quetiapine. At the time of this report, the patient was in her fourth month of treatment with considerable clinical improvement. We present this case due to the importance of being able to handle other therapeutic schemes for this disease.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas