09/08/2024
💉Opioid Side Effects and Treatments✔
🤢Nausea/vomiting
✔Treatments
Switch/wean agent, ondansetron, phenergan, prochlorperazine,
haloperidol, metoclopramide
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😡Allergic reaction
✔Switch agent, diphenhydramine or other antihistamines
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😵Respiratory depression
✔Support airway, dose, consider naloxone
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😳Pruritus
✔Switch agent, nalbuphine (antihistamines not very effective)
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🤯Delirium
✔Switch agent, ⬇️dose, haloperidol, olanzapine
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🥴Constipation
✔Laxatives (senna, lactulose) + stool softeners (Colace)
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😑Sedation
⬇️Dose, hold anxiolytics, consider CNS stimulants if persistent