# 025 Opioids and Nausea, 2nd ed
Source:
Medical College of Wisconsin (EPERC)
Synopsis:
Background: Why do patients get nauseated and vomit after receiving an opioid? Commonly described as an “allergy”, opioid-induced nausea/vomiting is not an allergic reaction. In fact, rather than indicating a pathologic reaction, nausea indicates normal functioning of the brain!
Vol/Page/Date:
July 2005; 25.
Resource Type:
Other
Author/Source:
David E Weissman MD
keywords:
Non-Pain Symptoms and Syndromes, Pain – Opioids
Submitter:
Peters
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