opioid management inpatient

• related: pain management
• tags: #literature #icu

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Buprenorphine

• buprenorphine is both partial opioid receptor and antagonist
• buprenorphine has lower risk of respiratory suppression
• initiate buprenorphine when patient develops mild withdraw symptoms
• managing acute pain with buprenorphine split dose and short acting opioid
• buprenorphine needs dose adjustment in liver dysfunction but not in renal dysfunction

Methadone

• methadone mechanism and uses
• avoid methadone in long QT patients

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• avoid methadone in long QT patients

  • related: opioid management inpatient

• buprenorphine has lower risk of respiratory suppression

  • related: opioid management inpatient

• buprenorphine is both partial opioid receptor and antagonist

  • related: opioid management inpatient

• buprenorphine needs dose adjustment in liver dysfunction but not in renal dysfunction

  • related: opioid management inpatient

• initiate buprenorphine when patient develops mild withdraw symptoms

  • related: opioid management inpatient

• managing acute pain with buprenorphine split dose and short acting opioid

  • related: opioid management inpatient

• methadone mechanism and uses

  • related: opioid management inpatient

• pain management

  • opioid management inpatient