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/tturedditor Feb 02 '25

Once had a lady in afib with RVR reported allergies to every rate control medication in our armamentarium. I told her to her face I didn't believe her and we were going to push diltiazem.

She of course did not have a reaction.

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u/Ambitious_Yam_8163 Feb 02 '25

Pretty much the case with poly allergies.