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False Positive Urine Drug Screens
Amphetamines - Amantadine, brompheniramine. bupropion, chlorpromazine, desipramine, ephedrine, isometheptene, isoxsuprine, labetalol, phentermine,
promethazine, sumatriptan Methadone ... Screening #diagnosis #toxicology
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc

QTc >500ms is an independent risk factor for developing Torsades des Pointes (TdP)
Drugs causing
Prochlorperazine • Opioids: Methadone ... QTc #Toxicity #Toxicology
Methadone.  Long half-life opioid originally developed in  1930s Germany.

#Pharmacology #Methadone #Methadose #Dolophine #Overview #Review
Methadone. ... #Pharmacology #Methadone ... #Methadose #Dolophine
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
doxylamine (Unisom) Methadone ... differential #diagnosis #toxicology
Loperamide and QT Prolongation - Recently, there have been increasing cases of cardiotoxicity associated with high-dose
mechanism of action to methadone ... #Clinical #Toxicology
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Methadone Hospital ... - Allergy to methadone ... give additional methadone ... #Methadone #Hospital
Methadone - Pharmacology, Dosing and Interactions

Methadone is more of an Art than a Science, it’s a
Methadone - Pharmacology ... Interactions Methadone ... monitor the QTc #Methadone
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Quick Guide: Methadone ... daily dose 40 mg methadone ... Administer 10-30mg methadone ... daily dose 50 mg methadone ... Treatment (SHOUT) #Methadone
Torsades de Pointes 
•Precipitated by drugs that prolong the QT interval 
•Class IA antidysrhythmics (procainamide, quinidine)
Erythromycin •Methadone
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
patient is stable on methadone ... or prefers methadone ... continuation of methadone