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

#Management
Pain Assessment ... and Management Initiative ... Prescribing and ... Dosing #Management ... #Opiate #Equianalgesics
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Use Disorder and ... Dosing: - Patients ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... Inpatient #Initiation #management ... #withdrawal #opiate
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score ... attributed to opiate ... withdrawal is scored ... #Withdrawal #Score
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... that is safe and ... #Opioid #Withdrawal ... Algorithm #Addiction #Prescribing
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... being to the fetus during ... of alcohol and/ ... using an opioid ... #Withdrawal #Opiate
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Inpatient Management ... has completely withdrawn ... Dosing usually begins ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Comparison #Pain #Management
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
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Ramsay sedation score ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Algorithm #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate ... #Start #Prescribing
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score ... attributed to opiate ... withdrawal is scored ... ) #COWS #Opiate
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 ... Buprenorphine #Initiation #Prescribing ... #Addiction #Management
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
Alcohol Use Disorder ... anxious, EtOH withdrawal ... by family, opioid ... #Alcohol #Use # ... Maintenance #Treatment #management