Occupational asthma due to metoclopramide hydrochloride (MCPH).
Metoclopramide hydrochloride (MCPH) is dopamine antagonist antiemetic drug that binds D2 receptor at the central nervous system and peripheral levels, which stimulates the upper gastrointestinal tract motility. It is often used in the management of some forms of nausea and vomiting (1-3). Occupational allergy to drugs is seldom reported. No case of occupational allergy to MCPH have been reported, to date. We present a case of airborne allergic asthma in a worker employed in the synthesis of Metoclopramide hydrochloride.
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Dept of Immunodermatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, I.D.I., IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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Pirrotta
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