Indeed, previous data have indicated that a history of an adverse drug reaction increases the risk of a subsequent adverse drug reaction. 1,22 Some data suggest that persons with atopy are at ...

Opioid cross-reactivity is the uncommon occurrence of having an allergic reaction to more than one opioid. ... it’s still a good idea to inform doctors of any drug reactions you’ve had.

If you've had a reaction to sulfa antibiotic, you've reacted to sulfonamide. There's a large number of drugs that contain sulfa that do not cross react with these sulfonamide antibiotics. In the ...

Allergy to a sulfonamide antibiotic was a risk factor for a subsequent allergic reaction to a sulfonamide nonantibiotic (odds ratio of 2.8), but a history of penicillin allergy was at least as ...

Antibiotic cross-reactivity between penicillin antibiotics and aztreonam is very rare, 23 and aztreonam is the preferred agent for penicillin-allergic patients. 24 A study by Romano et al found an ...

However, cefazolin, which is used widely in hospitalized patients and for surgical prophylaxis, has a unique R1 side chain and is not like penicillin, so the risk of cross-reactivity is extremely low.

A person who has a sulfa allergy will not necessarily have a sulfite allergy, so there is no cross-reactivity. In this article, we look at the signs and symptoms of a sulfa allergy, medications to ...

About half of respondents were unfamiliar with cross-reactivity rates for penicillin, other antibiotics ...

Drug hypersensitivity reaction is an immune-mediated reaction to a drug. Hypersensitivity reactions may vary in severity from mild to life-threatening. Reactions prompt the discontinuation of the ...

To the Editor: The article by Strom et al. (Oct. 23 issue) 1 suffers from the classic shortcomings of retrospective studies of adverse drug reactions and particularly from the use of the term ...