by Hansika Bhardwaj on 2023-07-18
Pholcodine is a class of drugs which suppresses cough, minimizing the activity of cough centres in the brain. But with, available data showed that using Pholcodine in the 12 months before general anaesthesia with NMBAs is a risk factor for developing an anaphylactic reaction (a sudden, severe and life-threatening allergic reaction) to NMBAs.