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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Start - Inpatient Initiation ... for Opioid Use ... #Inpatient #Initiation ... management #withdrawal #opiate ... #opioid #algorithm
Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Opioid Prescribing and Equianalgesic Chart - Agents and Dosing

#Management
and Management Initiative ... (PAMI) - Opioid ... Management #Pain #Pharmacology ... #Opioid #Opiate
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
as morphine and methadone ... effects from illicit opiates ... Methadone exhibits ... margin of safety in pharmacology ... Comparison #Table #Pharmacology
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #Methadone #Initiation ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... Prescribing #Inpatient #opioid
CERTA Opioid Alternatives

Opioid Alternatives for Abdominal Pain (traumatic, non-traumatic), Back Pain, Burns, Renal Colic, Dental Pain,
Opioid Alternatives ... NOT mix NSAID drugs ... potential of some drugs ... #Alternatives #Opiate ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Methadone Drug-Drug Interactions
Meds that increase methadone metabolism/decrease methadone effect (INCREASED RISK FOR OPIOID WITHDRAWAL):
 • Phenytoin,
Methadone Drug-Drug ... that increase methadone ... INCREASED RISK FOR OPIOID ... #Drug #Interactions ... #DDIs #pharmacology
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
False Positives on Drug ... Tests Urine drug ... doxylamine (Unisom) Methadone ... • Verapamil Opioids ... and opiates false
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc

QTc >500ms is an independent risk factor for developing Torsades des Pointes (TdP)
Drugs causing
Drug-Induced Prolonged ... Pointes (TdP) Drugs ... Prochlorperazine • Opioids ... : Methadone • ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Pharmacology
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Buprenorphine #Initiation ... Management #Addiction #Opiate