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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... #Diagnosis ... #Opiate #Withdrawal ... Buprenorphine #Nursing ... #Assessment #Score
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Hospital Quick Start ... Initiation for Opioid ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... Inpatient #Initiation #management ... #withdrawal #opiate
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid ... (COWS) - Resting ... assessment - Pupil ... attributed to opiate ... #diagnosis #addiction
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Guide: Methadone Starts ... First dose • Check COWS ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Algorithm #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... of alcohol and/ ... using an opioid ... #Withdrawal #Opiate ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
displacing a full opioid ... begin initiation during ... COWS Score 6-10 ... guidance. 2) START ... Prescribing #Addiction #Management
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... (COWS) Resting ... attributed to opiate ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Clinical institute withdrawal assessment of alcohol scale revised (CIWA-AR).

#Diagnosis #Management #Alcohol #Withdrawal #Assessment #CIWAAR #Revised #Scale
assessment of alcohol ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Alcohol #Withdrawal ... #Assessment #CIWAAR ... #Scale #Score #Nursing
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
, then start 16 ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Algorithm #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
Alcohol Use Disorder ... anxious, EtOH withdrawal ... dosing by family, opioid ... Dosing: 2mg qday (start ... Maintenance #Treatment #management