Ask Patients for Specific Details About Reactions to Opioids
Opioid-allergy alerts may pop up more than they should...since most reactions are documented incorrectly or incompletely.
And less than 2% of opioid (oxycodone, morphine, etc) reactions are a true allergy.
Document specific details in the patient’s profile...which med they took, symptoms of the reaction, which opioids they CAN tolerate, etc. This helps your pharmacist handle the allergy alert properly.
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