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Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
First dose • Check COWS ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #Methadone #Initiation ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine ... Initiation Algorithm ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... #Initiation #Algorithm ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
efavirenz (Sustiva) • Pain ... • Coca tea Buprenorphine ... • Verapamil Opioids ... and opiates false ... #tests #differential
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score (COWS ... patient was having pain ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Withdrawal #Scale #Buprenorphine