Pholcodine and allergy to neuromuscular blocking agents: where are we and how did we get here?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.bja.2023.11.029.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Drug Hypersensitivity
- Anaphylaxis
- Codeine
- Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
- Morpholines