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Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Opioid Prescribing and Equianalgesic Chart - Agents and Dosing

#Management
Pain Assessment ... (PAMI) - Opioid ... Dosing #Management ... #Pain #Pharmacology ... #Opioid #Opiate
Transdermal Fentanyl require unique dosing conversions. For Adult and pediatric patients taking opiouds or doses not
require unique dosing ... For Adult and pediatric ... patients taking opiouds ... #Pharmacology #Pain ... #Opiate #Opioid
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... using an opioid ... symptoms are more acute ... The less acute behavioral ... #Withdrawal #Opiate
CERTA Opioid Alternatives

Opioid Alternatives for Abdominal Pain (traumatic, non-traumatic), Back Pain, Burns, Renal Colic, Dental Pain,
NOT mix NSAID drugs ... Caution with using ... Physiotherapy, TENS and ... #Alternatives #Opiate ... #Pharmacology #
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
has completely withdrawn ... experience precipitated withdrawal ... Dosing usually begins ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Buprenorphine #Comparison #Pain
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Management of acute ... opiate withdrawal ... that is safe and ... co-exisiting chronic pain ... split dosing TID
Acute Pain Control In Patients On Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Methadone - µ-opioid receptor agonist:
1) Continue maintenance
Acute Pain Control ... or frequency of dosing ... receptor Acute ... pain control can ... methadone #addiction #opiate
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... , tenofovir • AIN ... detrusor contraction, and ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology #
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... patient was having pain ... attributed to opiate ... joints or muscles and ... ) #COWS #Opiate
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
if also chronic pain ... if neuropathic pain ... anxious, EtOH withdrawal ... by family, opioid ... Treatment #management #pharmacology