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- Dec 13, 2022
Alcohol and benzo's are the only drugs where the withdrawals can kill you. Opiates cannot although you'll be wishing they would if you have used long enough.
Coincidentally, I was just reading the Maudsley prescribing guidelines on the treatment of addiction yesterday. The passage about non-specialists prescribing opioids for withdrawal said this (summarising here): Don't do it. People routinely die from overdoses of prescribed opioids. Nobody dies of withdrawal from opioids. If you think it's necessary, involve a specialist.