Question 1

what is the definition or description of: fentanyl allergy?

Accepted Answer

Fentanyl allergy: Fentanyl  is narcotic pain reliever. An allergy occurs when your body’s immune system creates antibodies to a foreign substance causing a reaction that can be mild to severe.  Anaphylaxis has occurred with Fentanyl use.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440895/

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: duragesic (fentanyl) allergy?

Accepted Answer

Duragesic Allergy: An allergy is caused by your immune system and can be of varying degrees. An allergy to Fentanyl, the narcotic in Duragesic, can cause itching and or a rash as well as  anaphylaxis, a tumultuous immune response presenting as significant swelling accompanied by difficulty breathing.  The adhesive in the patch itself can cause a skin reaction presenting as skin irritation as well as a severe rash.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: fentanyl oralet allergy?

Accepted Answer

Like other allergy: oral transmucosal formulation of fentanyl citrate (OTFC) has been reported to be an effective sedative, providing convenient and atraumatic sedation for children mainly. There can be local irritation or more commonly hives. Even wheeze. It would last while the drug is there (several hours).

Question 4

what could cause a false positive for fentanyl?

Accepted Answer

Errors: Be honest and offer to even pay for a better test. This seems to happen to people - so it may not surprise them. Read:  http://ehealthforum.com/health/false-positive-in-urine-test-for-fentanyl-t292331.html
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Question 5

can fentanyl cause a patient to have amnesia?

Accepted Answer

With benzo: Fentanyl is usually given with a benzodiazepines like versed for sedation and the benzo usually causes the amnesia.  Fentanyl by itself does not cause amnesia but can cause confusion.

Question 6

i recently failed a drug test for fentanyl and there is no way it could have been there? what if anything could have caused this?

Accepted Answer

: Trazodone has been reported as causing false positives for both amphetamines and fentanyl, but just how common this is is not known. If you are taking trazodone, that will be the case. Good luck!

Question 7

does fentanyl cause sexual dysfunction?

Accepted Answer

Maybe . . . : Any narcotic or opioid used chronically can lead to sexual dysfunction from hypogonadism since long term narcotic use can lead to pituiatry dysfunction which decreases lh & fsh, thus lower t & sperm production.

Question 8

can fentanyl toxicity cause hypoglycemia?

Accepted Answer

By itself?: No.. But it can make your eating habits poor from lack of attention.

Question 9

what could cause severe, continuing hypersensitivity 3 years after stopping a 4 year course of fentanyl. onset was 30 days later.  suffered from gbs.

Accepted Answer

Central Pain: There have been similar questions in the very recent past-possibly yours. Your pain could be falling into what is termed a central pain syndrome. These problems are treated with different meds than the typical pain conditions. This condition can occur just about any time after a neurologic injury or disease.

Question 10

how often does fentanyl cause overdose death?

Accepted Answer

Depends: The main risks with fentanyl would be excessive and/or inappropriate over-usage at home. Deaths from narcotic accidental overdoses are increasing across the country. In a monitored situation such as in a hospital, overdose would likely be very rare but not impossible.

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