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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Hospital Quick Start ... - Inpatient Initiation ... symptoms ... Ramsay sedation scale ... #withdrawal #opiate
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... of alcohol and/ ... using an opioid ... #Opiate #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
SYMPTOMS - Precipitated ... displacing a full opioid ... during moderate ... symptoms: e.g. ... guidance. 2) START
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Guide: Methadone Starts ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #Methadone #Initiation ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Inpatient #opioid
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... attributed to opiate ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... #Withdrawal #Scale ... Diagnosis #Addiction #Nursing
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Inpatient