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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
equivalent calculator as ... symptoms ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
symptoms Prerequisites ... Patient has an opioid ... COWS is >12, AND ... acting), >72hr (methadone ... #Withdrawal #Algorithm
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
First dose • Check COWS ... Ramsay sedation score ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Withdrawal Score ... attributed to opiate ... withdrawal is scored ... accounted for by cold symptoms ... #Withdrawal #Score
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... Management of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... - If patient is ... as first-line treatment
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score ... (COWS) Resting ... withdrawal is scored ... ) #COWS #Opiate
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
prescribed PRN for symptoms ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... from previous day as ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Management #Addiction #Opiate