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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
Score: 5-12 ... #Diagnosis #Addiction ... #Buprenorphine ... #Nursing #Assessment ... #Score
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
Buprenorphine Initiation ... displacing a full opioid ... COWS Score 6-10 ... or substantial patient ... #Prescribing #Addiction
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Management of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... - If patient is ... #Withdrawal #Emergency ... Treatment #Algorithm #Addiction
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Withdrawal Score ... attributed to opiate ... withdrawal is scored ... #Withdrawal #Score ... #diagnosis #addiction
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score ... withdrawal is scored ... #Buprenorphine ... #Addiction #Nursing
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Ramsay sedation score ... Treatment #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient ... #opioid
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine ... Algorithm Adjunctive meds ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Treatment #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start