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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Quick Start - Inpatient ... Initiation for Opioid ... Ramsay sedation scale ... #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
First dose • Check COWS ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Prescribing #Inpatient ... #opioid
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... (COWS) Resting ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... #Withdrawal #Scale ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
q 6 hours PRN nausea ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Prescribing #Inpatient