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Unwarranted cave for opioids

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Allergy warnings against opioids are often registered in patient notes which may limit options for pain management. IgE-mediated allergic reactions and anaphylaxis to opioids are infrequent. More frequently, morphine and other opioids cause non-IgE-mediated histamine release leading to milder symptoms which may partly mimic an anaphylactic reaction and cause clinicians to treat it as such. This case report describes a 28-year-old female whose mild reactions were repeatedly misinterpreted as severe allergic reactions, leading to incorrect allergy labels and surgery delay.

Source: Ugeskrift for Læger

DOI: 10.61409/v04240265

Authors: Peter Gaarsdal Uhrbrand, Kenneth Skov, Andreas Halgreen Eiset, Eva Aggerholm Sædder, Lene Heise Garvey