We don't don't call that an allergy, we call it the expected therapeutic effect.If he still has some in his medicine chest from 2010 when it was no longer manufactured in the United States, he won't be using it recreationally, or possibly abusing it?
One of my patients last week said he gets hives with prednisone; another claimed to have anaphylaxis to benadryl...
ReplyDeleteI'll drink to that
ReplyDelete"But at least it doesn't make my mouth turn green, and it doesn't taste like gasoline."
ReplyDelete"Next year, I'm DEFINITELY bringing something different to Burning Man."
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence! I have that same allergy!
ReplyDeleteWe don't don't call that an allergy, we call it the expected therapeutic effect.If he still has some in his medicine chest from 2010 when it was no longer manufactured in the United States, he won't be using it recreationally, or possibly abusing it?
ReplyDeleteSo it doesn't make you high? Rats!
ReplyDeleteI once had a patient tell me he was allergic to epinephrine...
ReplyDeleteMe: What happens when you receive it?
Mr. Dumb: It makes my heart race.
Now THAT would be a short Code Blue!!
Anon 6.42am - hives is actually a listed side effect of pred. Rare and less severe...
ReplyDeleteThanks Eileen. I don't doubt that, it just seems horribly ironic. :P
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