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Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal

Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal

Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal

FOAMEd Wiki, last updated 5/1/25

Approach to OUD and Withdrawal

Link	Source	Year
Dependence vs. Addiction	EMCrit	2017
Pregabalin and Risk of Opiate Overdose	JournalFeed	2018
SGEM#374: Bad Habits – Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the ED	The SGEM	2022
Opioid Misuse, Overdose and Withdrawal	EM Cases	2018
Opioid Withdrawal	EM Cases	2017

Assessment Tools	Source	Year
Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) Score	MDCalc

Buprenorphine

Link	Source	Year
Buprenorphine	EMCrit	2019
Buprenorphine: Where Do We Stand?	emDocs	2018
Emergency Department Initiation of Buprenorphine Pathway	EM Updates	2017
High-Dose Buprenorphine Induction in the Emergency Department	REBEL EM	2021
Buprenorphine Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal	emDocs	2021

Link	Source	Year
Buprenorphine Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal	emDocs	2021

Patient Resource	Source	Year
Buprenorphine Patient Pamphlet	Core EM	2019
Buprenorphine Practitioner Locator	SAMHSA

Other Topics and AdjunctiveMedications

Link	Source	Year
Enter Clonidine	EMCrit	2017

Link	Source	Year
Pregabalin and Risk of Opiate Overdose	JournalFeed	2018

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