Ten patients were treated for six months; six patients withdrew because of adverse effects.

One patient withdrew from treatment and committed suicide.

Chronic unrelieved pain will make patients withdraw from friends and family, take to their beds and suffer unnecessarily.

Two patients continued to be treated, and the remaining patients withdrew on their own.

Eleven patients (12.2%) withdrew because of adverse events.

The patient said nothing, merely withdrew a parchment from within his clothing and extended it.

Eleven patients, three men and eight women, aged 31-70 (median 62) years, withdrew from the study before their first, on trial ultrasonagraphy examination at six months.

Two patients withdrew because they claimed intolerance to the trial tablets.

This can cause difficulty in both personal and professional contexts, and in some cases may cause patients to withdraw from social situations.