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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Methadone Hospital ... Opioid Use Disorder and ... use adjunctive medications ... management #withdrawal #opiate ... #opioid #algorithm
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
dose • Check COWS and ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... Management of acute opiate ... opioid that is safe and ... Buprenorphine #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Addiction #Prescribing
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Use Disorder: Methadone ... interested in medication ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #Methadone ... #UseDisorder #Addiction
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
Opioid Use Disorder Medications ... stages of the addiction ... effects from illicit opiates ... margin of safety in pharmacology ... Comparison #Table #Pharmacology
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
moderate to severe AUD ... risk for using opiates ... investigation for AUD ... Therapies #Screening #Addiction ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Psychosocial Medications ... Opiates, Antihypertensives ... Bowel Disease and
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
Medications that ... What medications ... doxylamine (Unisom) Methadone ... opiates false positives ... #drug #tests #differential
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... detrusor contraction, and ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential #
Quick Guide: Acute Pain and Perioperative Management in Opioid Use Disorder

The following applies to patients already
but are not on a medication ... Use Disorder: Methadone ... Methadone: Before ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... #UseDisorder #Addiction