Rebound effect
The rebound effect, or rebound phenomenon, is the emergence or re-emergence of symptoms that were either absent or controlled while taking a medication, but appear when that same medication is discontinued, or reduced in dosage. In the case of re-emergence, the severity of the symptoms is often worse than pretreatment levels.
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Examples[edit]
Sedative hypnotics[edit]
Rebound anxiety
Several anxiolytics and hypnotics have a rebound effect. For example, benzodiazepine withdrawal can cause severe anxiety and insomnia worse than the original insomnia or anxiety disorder.[1] Approximately 70% of patients who discontinue benzodiazepine experience a rebound effect.[2] Rebound symptoms can be a factor in chronic use of medications and long-term drug dependence, with some patients continuing to take certain medications only to ward off the unpleasant and sometimes crippling symptoms of two distinct phenomena: physical withdrawal and the rebound effect.[3]
Rebound insomnia
Rebound insomnia is insomnia that occurs following discontinuation of sedative substances taken to relieve primary insomnia. Regular use of these substances can cause a person to become dependent on its effects in order to fall asleep. Therefore, when a person has stopped taking the medication and is 'rebounding' from its effects, he or she may experience insomnia as a symptom of withdrawal. Occasionally, this insomnia may be worse than the insomnia the drug was intended to treat.[4]
Common medicines known to cause this problem are eszopiclone, zolpidem, and anxiolytics such as benzodiazepines and which are prescribed to people having difficulties falling or staying asleep.
Rebound depression
Depressive symptoms may appear to arise de novo in patients hitherto free of such an illness.[5]
Daytime rebound
Rebound phenomena do not necessarily only occur on discontinuation of a prescribed dosage. For example, day time rebound effects of anxiety, metallic taste, perceptual disturbances which are typical benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms can occur the next day after a short acting benzodiazepine hypnotic wears off. Another example is early morning rebound insomnia which may occur when a rapidly eliminated hypnotic wears off which leads to rebounding awakeness forcing the person to become wide awake before he or she has had a full night's sleep. One drug which seems to be commonly associated with these problems is triazolam due to its high potency and ultra short half life but these effects can occur with other short acting hypnotic drugs.[6][7][8] Quazepam due to its selectivity for type1 benzodiazepine receptors and long half life does not cause day time anxiety rebound effects during treatment, showing that half life is very important for determining whether a night time hypnotic will cause next day rebound withdrawal effects or not.[9] Day time rebound effects are not necessarily mild but can sometimes produce quite marked psychiatric and psychological disturbances.[10]
Stimulants[edit]
Rebound effects from stimulants such as methylphenidate or dextroamphetamine include psychosis, depression and a return of ADHD symptoms but in a temporarily exaggerated form.[11][12][13] Up to a third of ADHD children experience a rebound effect when methylphenidate is withdrawn.[14]
Antidepressants[edit]
Many antidepressants, including SSRIs, can cause rebound depression, panic attacks, anxiety, and insomnia when discontinued.[15]
Antipsychotics[edit]
Sudden and severe emergence[16] or re-emergence[17] of psychosis may appear when antipsychotics are discontinued too rapidly.
alpha-2 adrenergic agents[edit]
Rebound hypertension, above pre-treatment level, was observed after clonidine,[18] and guanfacine[19] discontinuation.
Others[edit]
Other rebound effects
An example is the use of highly potent corticosteroids, such as Clobetasol for psoriasis. Abrupt withdrawal can cause a much more severe case of the psoriasis to develop. Therefore, withdrawal should be gradual, diluting the medication with lotion perhaps, until very little actual medication is being applied.
Another example of pharmaceutical rebound is a rebound headache from painkillers when dose is lowered, medication wears off or the drug is abruptly discontinued.[20]
Continuous usage of topical decongestants (nasal sprays) can lead to constant nasal congestion, known as Rhinitis medicamentosa.
See also[edit]
- Disuse supersensitivity
- Supersensitivity psychosis
- Physical dependence
- Rebound headache
- Withdrawal syndrome
- Rhinitis medicamentosa
- Unintended consequences
References[edit]
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- ^ Lader, Malcolm (January 1994). "Anxiety or depression during withdrawal of hypnotic treatments". Journal of Psychosomatic Research 38 (Supplement 1): 113–123. doi:10.1016/0022-3999(94)90142-2. PMID 7799243. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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