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Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
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Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Methadone #Initiation #Algorithm ... Treatment #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
attributed to opiate ... last ½ hour • 2 - nausea ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Score #Diagnosis #Addiction
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
q 6 hours PRN nausea ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Treatment #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Terry's Nails

Patient of about 70 years, HIV positive, transplanted kidney donor cadaver in the previous 6
Terry's Nails Patient ... see image), in addition ... to signs of malnutrition ... Fingernails #Hands #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Photo