Calculated Decisions: Clinical opiate withdrawal scale (COWS)

Emerg Med Pract. 2019 Nov 1;21(11):CD5-CD6.

Authors

Jonathan Avery¹, Katherine E. Taylor²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
² Department of Psychiatry, New York University-Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

PMID: 31675202

Abstract

The COWS is used to quantify the severity of opiate withdrawal.

MeSH terms

Humans
Opiate Substitution Treatment / methods
Opioid-Related Disorders / complications*
Opioid-Related Disorders / physiopathology
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / classification*
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / physiopathology