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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Methadone Hospital ... - Order naloxone ... - Allergy to methadone ... give additional methadone ... #Methadone #Hospital
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
Buprenorphine-Naloxone ... acting), >72hr (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 ... (buprenorphine/naloxone
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Use Disorder: Methadone ... buprenorphine or methadone ... option is to give naloxone ... Treatment (SHOUT) #Methadone
Trick of the Trade: Naloxone Dilution for IV Use - Given that many ED overdose patients
of the Trade: Naloxone ... opioid-naive, lower naloxone ... and administer naloxone ... or syringe of naloxone ... up the 1 mL of naloxone
Methadone.  Long half-life opioid originally developed in  1930s Germany.

#Pharmacology #Methadone #Methadose #Dolophine #Overview #Review
Methadone. ... #Pharmacology #Methadone ... #Methadose #Dolophine
Naloxone - Toxicology

Adult starting dose:
 - 0.4 mg IV/IM/IO/SQ for non-opioid dependent patients
 - 0.04 mg
Naloxone - Toxicology ... after 10-12 mg naloxone ... the effective* naloxone ... A naloxone infusion ... the effective naloxone
Rapid Titration of IV Naloxone for Opioid Overdose 
Signs of Opioid Overdose: 
 - Hypoventilation associated
Titration of IV Naloxone ... Opioid #Overdose #Naloxone
St Paul's Early Discharge Rule
 
ONE HOUR after naloxone administration, patients can be safely discharged if
ONE HOUR after naloxone ... Rule #Criteria #Naloxone
Opioid Overdose Management and Discharge Criteria

Patients with presumed opioid overdose were safely discharged one hour after
one hour after naloxone ... Opiate #Narcan #Naloxone