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Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
affinity, and a slow dissociation ... as morphine and methadone ... abstinent from short-acting ... margin of safety in pharmacology ... Comparison #Table #Pharmacology
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
Patient has an opioid ... >12hr (short acting ... acting), >72hr (methadone ... #Withdrawal #Algorithm ... #Management #Addiction
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Inpatient Management ... : Methadone vs Buprenorphine ... buprenorphine or methadone ... 5-7 day for short ... Comparison #Pain #Management
ED Opioid Stewardship Algorithm

Opioid Naive vs Opioid Tolerant

1. Patient Specific, Pain Syndrome-Targeted Approach
2. Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic
Algorithm Opioid ... Naive vs Opioid ... Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic ... #Stewardship #Algorithm ... #Management #Pain
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Methadone Hospital ... Initiation for Opioid ... Inpatient #Initiation #management ... withdrawal #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... - Management of ... partial agonist opioid ... dosing TID/QID #Management ... Buprenorphine #Treatment #Algorithm
Acute Pain Control In Patients On Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Methadone - µ-opioid receptor agonist:
1) Continue maintenance
Treatment (MAT) Methadone ... half-life 4) Add short-acting ... buprenorphine 5) Add short-acting ... #PainControl #management ... Buprenorphine #methadone
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Starts in the Hospital ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... #Initiation #Algorithm ... #Treatment #Management ... Prescribing #Inpatient #opioid
Methadone in Hospice & Palliative Care
Appropriate Candidates:
 - Moderate to severe pain
 - Pain refractory to
Methadone in Hospice ... refractory to opioids ... - High opioid ... PalliativeCare #Pharmacology ... #Management
Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syphilis (light-near dissociation ... ) • Pharmacologic ... (e.g Opioids, Alcohol ... • Botulism Pharmacologic