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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 ... Assisted Treatment ... or frequency of dosing ... Buprenorphine #methadone #addiction
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... If patient is stable ... co-exisiting chronic pain ... split dosing TID ... #Algorithm #Addiction
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Buprenorphine - Comparison Table ... interested in medication ... Dosing usually begins ... formulation, the dose ... #UseDisorder #Addiction
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... include abdominal pain ... respectively) at the doses ... Therapies #Screening #Addiction ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
information (e.g. dose ... duration), Several medications ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... disorder (e.g. ascites
Medications Used in the Abortive Treatment of Ongoing Seizure Activity in the Emergency Department

INITIAL THERAPY
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Medications Used ... Phenytoin - May cause ... Abortive #Seizure #Medications ... #Pharmacology #Dosing ... #Table
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
q 6 hours PRN nausea ... hold additional dosing ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
arrived w/severe abd pain ... headache and abd pain ... The table below ... treated in a single dose ... initiation of treatment
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
still, but is able ... patient was having pain ... last ½ hour • 2 - nausea ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Score #Diagnosis #Addiction
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... proximal muscle pain ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... months (until the medication