The phrase "avoiding withdrawal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the prevention of withdrawal symptoms, often related to substance use or behavioral dependencies.
Example: "The treatment plan focuses on avoiding withdrawal by gradually reducing the dosage of the medication."
Alternatives: "preventing withdrawal" or "mitigating withdrawal symptoms".
As with other medications, like steroids and antidepressants, patients have to be gradually weaned from opioids to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
If women go off antidepressants, it is important to taper off the drugs gradually over a couple of weeks to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
For them, sharing blood is more of an act of kindness than an attempt to get high: a woman who has made enough money to buy a sachet of heroin will share blood to help a friend avoid withdrawal.
Benefit of acute withdrawal of the overused medication has been shown to be effective[2]; performing a transitional therapy ("bridge therapy") during the days of withdrawal may ensure symptomatic relief from rebound headache and avoid withdrawal symptoms.
Many addicts will maintain their drinking to avoid withdrawal sickness, drinking small amounts frequently.
These conceptions of addiction as simply needing drugs to avoid withdrawal were based on observations of people with alcoholism or opioid addictions.
Addiction is not defined by dependence on a particular substance to function or by a desire to avoid withdrawal or by simply being obsessed with the object of the addiction.
Ideally, methadone therapy allows opiate-dependent people to take just enough of the drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms and reduce the urge to take illicit opiates so that they may focus their energies on other pursuits.
In other words, both the health of addicted people and their relationship to doctors could be improved if getting access to drugs to avoid withdrawal (and reduce exposure to deadly fentanyl) did not include requirements like seeing a counselor, showing up to a clinic regularly and being at risk of being thrown out of treatment for things like using marijuana.
Likewise, CYP3A4 inducers may cause withdrawal symptoms and dose escalation (eg, medication seeking) to avoid withdrawal.
