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Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
Opioid Use Disorder ... Medications - Pharmacokinetics ... discontinuation of the medication ... overdose if opioid ... #Medications #Pharmacokinetics
Rapid Titration of IV Naloxone for Opioid Overdose 
Signs of Opioid Overdose: 
 - Hypoventilation associated
IV Naloxone for Opioid ... Overdose Signs ... of Opioid Overdose ... Management #Algorithm #Opioid ... #Overdose #Naloxone
Opioid Overdose Management and Discharge Criteria

Patients with presumed opioid overdose were safely discharged one hour after
Opioid Overdose ... with presumed opioid ... overdose were safely ... @sparsh717 #Opioid ... #Overdose #Management
ED Opioid Stewardship Algorithm

Opioid Naive vs Opioid Tolerant

1. Patient Specific, Pain Syndrome-Targeted Approach
2. Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic
ED Opioid Stewardship ... Algorithm Opioid ... Naive vs Opioid ... Analgesia (NOA), Opioid ... Medication Assisted
An Algorithm for the Management of Opioid Withdrawal

#algorithm #opioids #opioid-withdrawal #buprenorphine #ddxof
Management of Opioid ... #algorithm #opioids ... #opioid-withdrawal
Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
Alternatives to opioids ... department decreases opioid ... PainSyndromes #Indications
Beta-Blocker Overdose/toxicity:

•	Bradycardia & hypotension (most common).
•	Myocardial depression & cardiogenic shock (severe overdoses). 
•	Ventricular dysrhythmias (Common with
Beta-Blocker Overdose ... shock (severe overdoses ... involving lipophilic medications ... #Beta-Blocker #Overdose
Naloxone for Clonidine Overdose
Indication: Altered mental status, CNS depression or respiratory depression due to clonidine overdose
Dosing:
for Clonidine Overdose ... due to clonidine overdose ... increase endogenous opioid ... Endogenous opioids ... Naloxone #Clonidine #Overdose
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
caused by specific medications ... phyostigmine) - Opioid ... Anticholinergics #Opioids
Signs and Symptoms of Toxidromes

Sympathomimetic / GABAergic withdrawal 
Cholinergic 
Anticholinergic 
Opioid withdrawal 
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome 
Serotonin
Anticholinergic Opioid ... Anticholinergics #Opioids