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Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Score (COWS) - ... attributed to opiate ... withdrawal is scored ... accounted for by cold symptoms ... Gooseflesh skin #COWS
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Hospital Quick Start ... symptoms ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
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 ... Ramsay sedation score ... Methadone #Initiation #Algorithm ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Score (COWS) ... attributed to opiate ... withdrawal is scored ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #COWS #Opiate
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
prescribed PRN for symptoms ... of withdrawal ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate