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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Hospital Quick Start ... - Inpatient Initiation ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #Initiation #management ... #withdrawal #opiate
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Guide: Methadone Starts ... (SHOUT) #Methadone ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start ... of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... - If patient is ... Algorithm #Addiction #Prescribing
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
begin initiation during ... guidance. 2) START ... following day, start ... Buprenorphine #Initiation #Prescribing ... #Addiction #Management
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
attributed to opiate ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... (SHOUT) #COWS ... #Opiate #Withdrawal ... Diagnosis #Addiction #Nursing
Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Treatment options for AUD include psychosocial treatment and medications. Individualize based on
Treatment of Alcohol ... most patients • Start ... liver disease or using ... • Start at 666 ... #Management #AUD
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... (SHOUT) #Buprenorphine ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
The assessment of ... to be in ADHF starts ... & Dry) is the treatment ... then be excreted using ... differential #algorithm #management
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
Alcohol Use Disorder ... Consider if also using ... anxious, EtOH withdrawal ... Dosing: 2mg qday (start ... #management #pharmacology