The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released new guidelines outlining the prescription and management of withdrawal from opioids, benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids, Z-drugs and antidepressants in primary and secondary care.
The guidelines share that while antidepressants are not ‘dependence-forming’ drugs, they can still cause withdrawal symptoms. “Antidepressants, although historically not classified as dependence-forming medicines, can nevertheless cause withdrawal symptoms when they are stopped,” the guidelines stated…