r/emergencymedicine • u/Asleep-Palpitation43 Nurse Practiciner • Feb 02 '25

Advice Allergy Olympics

Is it wrong that if I see a patient has more than 10 allergies I IMMEDIATELY assume she's (bc it's always a she) a psych case?

In 24 years I've never been wrong.

You'll never read this in a textbook but add it to your practice today and thank me later👍

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u/axp95 Feb 02 '25

Allergy: codeine

Rxn: “makes him high”

Literally in the emr lol

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u/melatonia Feb 02 '25

Sometimes recovered addicts will list opioids as an allergy.

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u/axp95 Feb 02 '25

That was the only allergy listed lol