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Researchers believe that sulfa reactions occur in 3% to 8% of people
How a physician approaches using sulfa medications for patients with sulfa allergy depends on the certainty and severity of the initial allergy, on whether
7 percent of allergic reactions after the sulfonamide nonantibiotics (40 of 411) were serious enough to require hospitalization
blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin changes in skin color chest pain or tightness chills clay-colored stools cough or hoarseness dark urine diarrhea dizziness
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If you experience swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat or problems with is a sulfonamide (“sulfa drug”) and trimethoprim is a folic acid inhibitor
treatment is prescribed or recommended, check that the Sulfa allergy has been considered, discussed fully with the patient and documented in HIS-CPR and in the patient’s clinical record
weakness in the hands or feet
All β-lactams share a 4-membered β-lactam ring
Keflex is a brand name for cephalexin, which belongs to the class of antibiotics called cephalosporins
This is the most common sulfonamide antibiotic Sulfonamide antibiotic reactions encompass the entire Gell-Combs spectrum of hypersensitivity (types 1–4)
Patients should also not take sulfasalazine, which is used for Crohn's disease, and dapsone, a leprosy medication People with a sulfa allergy typically need to avoid sulfonamide antibiotics (antibiotics containing sulfa), including: Septra and Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim) Pediazole (erythromycin-sulfisoxazole) Whether other nonantibiotic sulfa-containing drugs need to be avoided with sulfa allergy is unclear and considered on a
Avoid use of BACTRIM in patients with impaired renal or hepatic function, in those with possible folate deficiency (e
This article will discuss how a true penicillin allergy is diagnosed, possible reactions “Sulfa” antibiotic allergy is the second most commonly reported class of outpatient antibiotic allergy
It is a good alternative to silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene) for burn patients with a sulfa allergy