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Algorithm for Metformin Prescribing and Dosing in CKD
Dose Initiation - Immediate release:
 • Initial 500 mg
Algorithm for Metformin ... Prescribing and Dosing ... in CKD Dose Initiation ... Dose Initiation ... #CKD #pharmacology
Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Start - Inpatient Initiation ... Initial Dosing: ... Patients should be dosed ... Hospital #Inpatient #Initiation ... opiate #opioid #algorithm
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... of acute opiate withdrawal ... as first-line treatment ... Buprenorphine Dosing ... #Algorithm #Addiction
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
• If endorsing withdrawal ... • If endorsing withdrawal ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... ) #Methadone #Initiation ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation ... hold additional dosing ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Buprenorphine #Initiation ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Updated phenobarbital alcohol withdrawal protocol

See old algorithm here: https://www.grepmed.com/images/1485/phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-pulmcrit-protocol

The protocol was consequently modified as shown below,
protocol See old algorithm ... phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-pulmcrit-protocol ... phenobarbital dosing ... large cumulative dose ... received sufficient treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
plasmids that contain genes ... Treatment is tetracycline ... treated in a single dose ... hypotension following initiation ... of treatment.
Management of Anthracyclines and HER2 Antagonist Cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines cause cardiomyopathy:
 ✖ Reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
HER2 agents cause ... ) and initiate treatment ... prior to therapy initiation ... prior to therapy initiation ... every 3 months during