Pholcodine and allergy to neuromuscular blocking agents: where are we and how did we get here?

Authors :: Savic L
Hopkins PM
Source :: British journal of anaesthesia [Br J Anaesth] 2024 Mar; Vol. 132 (3), pp. 457-460. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 08.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: Despite the purported link between pholcodine and neuromuscular blocking agent allergy, screening for prior pholcodine use offers no practical benefit to patients, and anaesthetists should continue to use a neuromuscular blocking agent where this is clinically indicated.<br /> (Crown Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Humans
Codeine adverse effects
Drug Hypersensitivity diagnosis
Drug Hypersensitivity etiology
Anaphylaxis diagnosis
Codeine analogs & derivatives
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents adverse effects
Morpholines

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