Antibiotics and Other Sulfonamides to Avoid If You Have a Sulfa Allergy Medically reviewed by Jurairat J. Molina, MD Sulfa drugs are synthetic (man-made) medications made from sulfanilamide that ...

Among adult inpatients labeled as having a low-risk sulfa antibiotic allergy, 99% tolerated an oral challenge with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, according to a prospective study. The study included ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The specificity and sensitivity of the self-assessment were 84.9% and 80.1%, respectively. The tool does not ...

Last month, I described a 28-year-old patient with a history of injection drug use who presented with pain in his left forearm. His history showed that, within the past 2 years, he'd been seen for ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old male in fairly good health. I recently was prescribed Bactrim (a sulfa drug) for an ear infection but didn’t know I am allergic to sulfa. I had a severe reaction to ...

WASHINGTON -- Posters at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting provided data about an antibiotic allergy assessment tool via a smartphone app, a direct oral challenge ...

Spironolactone would be a first choice. Another alternative is the loop diuretic with the least cross-reactivity to the sulfonamides, ethacrynic acid. Bear in mind also that it is not clear that ...

In modern medicine, antibiotics are among the most powerful tools for preventing and treating life-threatening bacterial infections. Their effectiveness, however, often depends on using the right drug ...

I am highly allergic to sulfa drugs and cannot eat any dried fruit because it is cured with sulfur. My severe allergy to the sulfites in wine causes hand-sized hives, but I would like to cook with ...