Ok...here's a question that I've asked frequently at work, but I'm not totally satisfied with the answers I get.
We seem to get sickle cell patients (whom many we find are not sickeling at the time) who come in to the ER for pain.
BUT..without fail, everyone of them will ask for dilaudid PLUS benedryl. Why benedryl? I have been told it was so they can get the extra high, but why do only sickle cell patients ask for benedryl with their pain med? Anyone else come across this??