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2. Joel Spitzer - Wikipedia

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   Although doctors give cold turkey a 10% success rate (and only 5%–10% of quitters are successful on any given attempt), [8] Spitzer encourages smokers to quit cold turkey. [9] Still, cold turkey continues to prevail over pharmacotherapy quitters in most real-world quitting method surveys. [10] Spitzer discourages cutting down first, and ...

3. Cold turkey - Wikipedia

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   For long-term alcoholics, going cold turkey can cause life-threatening delirium tremens. [1] In the case of opioid withdrawal, going "cold turkey" is extremely unpleasant but less dangerous. [2] [3] Life-threatening issues are unlikely unless one has a pre-existing medical condition. [3]

4. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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   "Cold turkey" is a colloquial term indicating abrupt withdrawal from an addictive drug. In this context, it indicates sudden and complete cessation of all nicotine use. In three studies, it was the quitting method cited by 76%, [28] 85%, [29] or 88% [30] of long-term successful quitters.

5. Don’t go ‘cold turkey’ when coming off antidepressants ...

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   “In many cases people experience withdrawal symptoms, and the length in time it takes them to safely come off these drugs can vary, which is why our committee’s useful and useable statement ...

6. Alcohol is not good for us. 5 tips to stay safe(r) if you drink

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   Alcohol is used as a social lubricant, maybe more so as holiday festivities approach. But drinking carries health and other risks. Here are five tips to make it safer.

7. Why Do We Say “Quit Cold Turkey”?

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   Planning to let go of a habit or two cold turkey in the New Year? Learn where that expression comes from first! The post Why Do We Say “Quit Cold Turkey”? appeared first on Reader's Digest.

8. Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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   A study into the effects of the benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, flumazenil, on benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms persisting after withdrawal was carried out by Lader and Morton. Study subjects had been benzodiazepine-free for between one month and five years, but all reported persisting withdrawal effects to varying degrees.

9. This Guy Lost Nearly 200 Pounds When He Started Indoor Cycling

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   Back in 2013, I was given a chance to clean up my act, so I tried to quit drinking cold turkey. I ended up having a seizure at work and woke up a month later after being put in a drug-induced coma ...