If a patient is allergic (not overdosed) to Dilaudid can you treat it with Narcan or do you have to give epinephrine? Also how can you tell if they are overdosed vs having an allergic response?
art71372 replied to art71372's topic in Medications
Thanks for your response (and to everyone else). This is what I thought too, that Narcan would just block the narcotic effects, but I was just confused as to why they had labeled her allergic. I guess I assumed that patients were taught the differenc...
art71372 replied to art71372's topic in Medications
Thank you that makes sense. I was really confused because this patient who received Dilaudid was having respiratory depression and was treated with Narcan and they labeled her as allergic to Dilaudid.
art71372 replied to art71372's topic in Medications
The reason I ask is because I know that symptoms of overdose include feeling drowsy and respiratory depression and an allergic response includes itching, rash, redness, and respiratory distress. I was talking to a nurse who told me that dilaudid can ...