Ask for Details About Reactions to Opioids

November 2023

Opioid-allergy alerts come up more than they should...since most reactions are documented incompletely or incorrectly.

And less than 2% of opioid reactions are a true allergy.

On med histories, include details in the patient’s profile...the med they took, symptoms of the reaction, any opioids they CAN tolerate, etc. This helps clinicians handle allergy alerts properly.

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Ask for Details About Reactions to Opioids

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