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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
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) - ICU OnePager

Scoring Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS):
 • PAWSS
 • CIWA-Ar
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Alcohol Withdrawal ... Withdrawal Symptom ... Timeline: • Minor ... Withdrawal Symptoms ... with normal vital signs
Time course of events during the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 
The signs and symptoms that manifest earliest
withdrawal syndrome ... The signs and symptoms ... The earliest symptoms ... #alcohol #withdrawal ... #timeline #deliriumtremens
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
dose from day 1 as ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Methadone #Initiation #Algorithm ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
was having pain ... attributed to opiate ... stool • 0 - no GI symptoms ... 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 ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... from previous day as ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate