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The Acute Care Opioid Table - For Emergency Providers

There are a hundred opioid tables out there,
Table. ... Morphine, IV/IM Buprenorphine ... , SL Buprenorphine ... #Pain #Dosing # ... Acute #Management
Acute Pain Management in Patients on Buprenorphine
Continue Maintenance Buprenorphine (Divide dose q4-8hrs)
Non-opioid analgesia: 
 - Promote
Acute Pain Management ... in Patients on Buprenorphine ... comfort - Regional Anesthesia ... #Pain #Management ... #addiction
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
- Comparison Table ... Dosing usually begins ... #Comparison #Pain ... #Management #Opioid ... #UseDisorder #Addiction
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Start Algorithm - Management ... If patient is stable ... Buprenorphine Dosing ... co-exisiting chronic pain ... Treatment #Algorithm #Addiction
Acute Pain Control In Patients On Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Methadone - µ-opioid receptor agonist:
1) Continue maintenance
Acute Pain Control ... or frequency of dosing ... receptor Acute pain ... #PainControl #management ... #methadone #addiction
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
displacing a full opioid ... begin initiation during ... withdrawal symptoms: e.g ... #Prescribing #Addiction ... #Management
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
if also chronic pain ... by family, opioid ... Maintenance #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #table ... #addiction
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... patient was having pain ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Withdrawal #Scale #Buprenorphine ... Score #Diagnosis #Addiction
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine ... hold additional dosing ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Algorithm #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... vision changes, etc ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management