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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
for Opioid Use ... symptoms ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
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
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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/ using / recovering ... to use EtOH • Withdrawal ... symptoms - ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #Methadone #Initiation ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... attributed to opiate ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Time course of events during the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 
The signs and symptoms that manifest earliest
course of events during ... the alcohol withdrawal ... The signs and symptoms ... #alcohol #withdrawal ... deliriumtremens #diagnosis
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid ... attributed to opiate ... accounted for by cold symptoms ... COWS #Clinical #Opioid ... #diagnosis #addiction
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation ... prescribed PRN for symptoms ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Management #Addiction #Opiate