المنشور الأصلي
Wesson DR, Ling W. The Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS). An 11-item clinician-rated scale (pulse, sweating, restlessness, pupil size, aches, rhinorrhoea/lacrimation, GI upset, tremor, yawning, anxiety, gooseflesh) scoring opioid withdrawal severity from 0 to 48.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2003
الإرشادات
Used to time and dose opioid-agonist treatment: buprenorphine induction is generally started at moderate withdrawal (COWS ≥ 8–12) to avoid precipitated withdrawal. Bands here: < 5 none, 5–12 mild, 13–24 moderate, 25–36 moderately severe, ≥ 37 severe.