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Naloxone - Toxicology

Adult starting dose:
 - 0.4 mg IV/IM/IO/SQ for non-opioid dependent patients
 - 0.04 mg
Naloxone - Toxicology ... /IO/SQ for non-opioid ... IV/IM/IO/SQ for opioid-dependent ... /IO/SQ for non-opioid ... #Narcan #Toxicology
Naloxone for Clonidine Overdose
Indication: Altered mental status, CNS depression or respiratory depression due to clonidine overdose
Dosing:
Naloxone for Clonidine ... increase endogenous opioid ... Endogenous opioids ... minutes Take Home: Naloxone ... Clonidine #Overdose #toxicology
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
containing cocaine Opioids ... Diphenhydramine, Naloxone ... UDS #Laboratory #Toxicology
Rapid Titration of IV Naloxone for Opioid Overdose 
Signs of Opioid Overdose: 
 - Hypoventilation associated
Titration of IV Naloxone ... for Opioid Overdose ... Signs of Opioid ... Management #Algorithm #Opioid ... #Overdose #Naloxone
Signs and Symptoms of Toxidromes

Sympathomimetic / GABAergic withdrawal 
Cholinergic 
Anticholinergic 
Opioid withdrawal 
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome 
Serotonin
Anticholinergic Opioid ... Anticholinergics #Opioids ... Sympathomimetics #Diagnosis #Toxicology
Trick of the Trade: Naloxone Dilution for IV Use - Given that many ED overdose patients
of the Trade: Naloxone ... patients are not opioid-naive ... , lower naloxone ... and administer naloxone ... that will reverse opioid
Opioid Overdose Management and Discharge Criteria

Patients with presumed opioid overdose were safely discharged one hour after
Opioid Overdose ... with presumed opioid ... one hour after naloxone ... @sparsh717 #Opioid ... Opiate #Narcan #Naloxone
An Algorithm for the Management of Opioid Withdrawal

#algorithm #opioids #opioid-withdrawal #buprenorphine #ddxof
Management of Opioid ... #algorithm #opioids ... #opioid-withdrawal
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
Buprenorphine-Naloxone ... Patient has an opioid ... Time since last opioid ... Buprenorphine #Suboxone #Opioid
Toxidromes
 • Anticholinergic
 • Cholinergic
 • Sympathomimetic
 • Sedative-Hypnotic
 • Opioid

by Dr. Lizzy Hastie @LizzyHastie

#Toxidromes #diagnosis
Sedative-Hypnotic • Opioid ... diagnosis #comparison #toxicology