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Clinical Manifestations and Diagnostic Evaluation of Opioid Allergy Labels - A Review.
Authors: Kalangara J, Potru S, Kuruvilla M Abstract While opioids represent one of the most common medication allergy labels, these labels are often unsubstantiated in clinical practice. The removal of erroneous opioid allergy labels has a unique importance in the population with acute or chronic pain. The current approach to patients with pseudo-allergy to opioids is switching to an alternative opioid with less histamine release. Thus, allergy labels to relatively lower potency opioids such as codeine may be feasibly result in the prescription of stronger medications like fentanyl that would otherwise not be indic...
Source: Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy - October 24, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Tags: J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother Source Type: research