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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Withdrawal Scale ... than 36 = severe withdrawal ... Diagnosis #Addiction #COWS ... #Opiate #Withdrawal
Buprenorphine Algorithm for Uncomplicated Opioid Withdrawal - ACEP Opioids Clinical Policy

Assess Withdrawal Severity - Objective signs
Uncomplicated Opioid Withdrawal ... Policy Assess Withdrawal ... Clinical Opiate Withdrawal ... Scale (COWS) Moderate ... to severe (COWS
ZSFG Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Buprenorphine
#Management #Addiction #Buprenorphine #Inpatient #Opioid #Withdrawal #COWS #Algorithm
Inpatient #Opioid #Withdrawal ... #COWS #Algorithm
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
and treatment of withdrawal ... COWS is >12, AND ... Suboxone #Opioid #Withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL ... - Precipitated withdrawal ... during moderate withdrawal ... - Moderate withdrawal ... COWS Score 6-10
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal ... Score (COWS) - ... attributed to opiate withdrawal ... Gooseflesh skin #COWS ... Clinical #Opioid #Withdrawal
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
First dose • Check COWS ... • If endorsing withdrawal ... • If endorsing withdrawal ... • If endorsing withdrawal ... • If endorsing withdrawal
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal ... Score (COWS) ... > 36 = severe withdrawal ... Treatment (SHOUT) #COWS ... #Opiate #Withdrawal
Typical Withdrawal Characteristics of Various Opiates / Time course of opiate withdrawal. 
- Half-life
- Onset of
Typical Withdrawal ... course of opiate withdrawal ... Half-life - Onset of withdrawal ... Typical duration of withdrawal ... Opiates #Opioid #Withdrawal
Graph depicting the time course of alcohol withdrawal symptoms 

#Diagnosis #Alcohol #Withdrawal #Timeline #Symptoms #Seizures #DeliriumTremens
course of alcohol withdrawal ... Diagnosis #Alcohol #Withdrawal