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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Initial Dosing: ... Withdrawal severity ... Ramsay sedation scale ... #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Management of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... Buprenorphine Dosing ... chronic pain split dosing ... #Addiction #Prescribing
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Buprenorphine - Comparison Table ... has completely withdrawn ... experience precipitated withdrawal ... Dosing usually begins ... #UseDisorder #Addiction
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
attributed to opiate ... last ½ hour • 2 - nausea ... SHOUT) #COWS #Opiate ... #Withdrawal #Scale ... Score #Diagnosis #Addiction
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
for symptoms of withdrawal ... q 6 hours PRN nausea ... hold additional dosing ... Treatment #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start