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Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Table Some patients ... interested in medication ... Dosing usually begins ... #Pain #Management ... #UseDisorder #Addiction
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Management of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... If patient is stable ... co-exisiting chronic pain ... Treatment #Algorithm #Addiction
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
moderate to severe AUD ... include abdominal pain ... opiates Second-line ... Therapies #Screening #Addiction ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
stages of the addiction ... effects from illicit opiates ... the sublingual tablet ... Pharmacokinetics #Comparison ... #Table #Pharmacology
Review of Intranasally Administered Medications for Use in the Emergency Department
Table of agents, uses, dosing, onset
agents, uses, dosing ... , onset and major ... #Intranasal #Pain ... #Medications #Comparison ... #Table #Dosing
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
patient was having pain ... attributed to opiate ... joints or muscles and ... SHOUT) #COWS #Opiate ... Score #Diagnosis #Addiction
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
if also chronic pain ... anxious, EtOH withdrawal ... uptitrate) #AUD ... #pharmacology #table ... #addiction
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
Fibrillation RVR - Medications ... strongly consider using ... Cannot tolerate addition ... management #treatment #comparison ... #table
Orthopedic Dressing Materials
1. Opsite - semi-permeable-thin, adhesive transparent polyurethrane film 
 • Indications: Superficial wounds as
Opsite - semi-permeable-thin ... with, topical medication ... for immediate and ... management #wound #comparison ... #table
Acute Pain Control In Patients On Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Methadone - µ-opioid receptor agonist:
1) Continue maintenance
Acute Pain Control ... In Patients On Medication ... or frequency of dosing ... Buprenorphine #methadone #addiction ... #opiate