COWS Score for Opiate Withdrawal
Quantifies severity of opiate withdrawal.
0 points
No active withdrawal
Dr. Donald R. Wesson
About the creator
Donald R. Wesson, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and currently on the executive council of the California Society of Addiction Medicine. He formerly served as chief psychiatrist at the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco while maintaining a private practice. Dr. Wesson has been the principal investigator for 20+ clinical trials, some sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and has authored numerous publications.
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