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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
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Ramsay sedation score ... Use Treatment ( ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... use disorder ... #Opioid #Withdrawal ... Algorithm #Addiction #Prescribing
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score ... withdrawal is scored ... Use Treatment ( ... #Opiate #Withdrawal
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment ( ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
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 ... #management #pharmacology