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Typical Withdrawal Characteristics of Various Opiates / Time course of opiate withdrawal. 
- Half-life
- Onset of
Characteristics of Various Opiates ... Time course of opiate ... withdrawal ... #Opiates #Opioid ... #pharmacology #diagnosis
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Methadone Hospital ... Use Disorder and Withdrawal ... Withdrawal severity ... - Allergy to methadone ... #opiate #opioid
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
• If endorsing withdrawal ... • If endorsing withdrawal ... • If endorsing withdrawal ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Use Disorder: Methadone ... Buprenorphine - Comparison Table ... has completely withdrawn ... experience precipitated withdrawal ... Use Treatment (SHOUT
COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Withdrawal Scale ... #Diagnosis ... Addiction #COWS #Opiate ... #Withdrawal #Scale
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Management of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... If patient is stable ... on methadone or ... Management #Opioid #Withdrawal
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
suppressing opioid withdrawal ... modulating opioid withdrawal ... effects from illicit opiates ... the sublingual tablet ... Pharmacokinetics #Comparison #Table
Signs and Symptoms of Toxidromes

Sympathomimetic / GABAergic withdrawal 
Cholinergic 
Anticholinergic 
Opioid withdrawal 
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome 
Serotonin
Sympathomimetic / GABAergic withdrawal ... Anticholinergic Opioid withdrawal ... Toxidromes #Comparison #Table ... Sympathomimetics #Diagnosis
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Medications: Opiate ... withdrawal, Antipsychotic ... - Medications: Opiates ... #differential #diagnosis
#Table 2 - #Opioid agonists and antagonists

Methadone treatment for #opiate dependent patients in general practice and
#Table 2 - #Opioid ... antagonists Methadone ... treatment for #opiate