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Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
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Starts in the Hospital ... Ramsay sedation score ... (SHOUT) #Methadone ... #Initiation #Algorithm ... #Addiction #Opiate
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
withdrawal is scored ... Opioid Use Treatment ... #Opiate #Withdrawal ... #Scale #Buprenorphine ... #Addiction #Nursing
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation ... Support for Hospital ... Opioid Use Treatment ... #Initiation #Algorithm ... #Addiction #Opiate