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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Use Disorder and Withdrawal ... Withdrawal severity ... Complicating Factors: - Allergy ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... Inpatient #Initiation #management
Phenobarbital monotherapy algorithm for alcohol withdrawal

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-Phenobarbital monotherapy has numerous advantages
algorithm for alcohol ... phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-protocol-pulmcrit ... in addition to alcohol ... useful initially to gain ... #Management #Alcohol
In 2018, opioid withdrawal should be considered a buprenorphine deficiency. Otherwise, a multitude of comparatively ineffective
In 2018, opioid withdrawal ... the occasion of withdrawal ... @emupdates #Management ... #Pharmacology # ... Pain #NonOpioid
OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
taper to avoid withdrawal ... Opioid withdrawal ... insomnia, muscle pain ... tapering #switching #pharmacology ... #conversion #management
Phenobarbital in Alcohol Withdrawal

Mechanism, Pharmacokinetics and Adverse Effects

#Management #Pharmacology #Phenobarbital #Alcohol #Withdrawal
Phenobarbital in Alcohol ... Withdrawal Mechanism ... Adverse Effects #Management ... #Pharmacology # ... #Withdrawal
Benzodiazepines used in Alcohol Withdrawal - Pharmacology
Dose - Route - Onset (minutes) - Duration (hours)
• Midazolam
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Benzodiazepines used in Alcohol ... Withdrawal - Pharmacology ... Benzodiazepines #Alcohol ... #Withdrawal #Pharmacology ... #management #treatment
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
constipation • Allergic ... decr intake -> Withdrawal ... pruritus, weight gain ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
for Treatment of Alcohol ... include abdominal pain ... psychaedelics #Alcohol ... #UseDisorder #Management ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
transfusion • Allergic ... neurotoxicity • Alcohol ... withdrawal Endocrine ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
Alcohol Use Disorder ... if also chronic pain ... anxious, EtOH withdrawal ... Maintenance #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #