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Typical Withdrawal Characteristics of Various Opiates / Time course of opiate withdrawal. 
- Half-life
- Onset of
Time course of opiate ... withdrawal #Opiates ... #Opioid #Withdrawal ... Timecourse #timeline #pharmacology ... #diagnosis
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Synthetic opioids ... #Medications #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Toxicology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
- Cocaine Opioids ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
First dose • Check COWS ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... Prescribing #Inpatient #opioid
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score (COWS ... attributed to opiate ... #Clinical #Opioid ... Withdrawal #Score #diagnosis
Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... (e.g Opioids, Alcohol ... • Botulism Pharmacologic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score (COWS ... attributed to opiate ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
hypoglycemics, opioid ... Medication #Causes #Differential ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #OTISCAMPBELL
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
sphincter tone: • Opiates ... Medications #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
• Verapamil Opioids ... and opiates false ... #drug #tests #differential ... #diagnosis #toxicology