Primary Care

Drug Allergy

Questions discussed in this category

What medications would you have a patient avoid with an IgE mediated reaction to cyclobenzaprine?

The structure is similar to tricyclic antidepressants, so I was planning to avoid those medications but unsure if there are other medications also.

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For which patients could you consider direct oral amoxicillin challenge as opposed to skin testing for penicillin allergy de-labeling?

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Have you been able to safely use other bisphosphonates in patients who developed an allergic reaction (angioedema) to fosamax?

1 Answer available

How would you treat a woman with iron deficiency anemia, unresponsive to iron sulfate, and with allergic reaction to iron sucrose?

Anemia is secondary to menorrhagia. No gynecologic interventions were possible.

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Do you prescribe fluocinolone in peanut oil in patients with peanut allergies?

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Do you recommend allopurinol desensitization in gout patients who develop a rash on allopurinol therapy?

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How do you advise patients who had autoimmune diseases "triggered" by COVID infections on getting COVID vaccination?

E.g., inflammatory polyarthritis or inflammatory myopathy with onset within 2 weeks of documented COVID infection

1 Answer available

Do you prescribe silvadene cream for patients with a sulfa allergy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Lancet Rheumatol, 2021 Apr 06

Incident systemic rheumatic disease following COVID-19.

N Engl J Med, 2020 Nov 20

Covid-19-Associated Myopathy Caused by Type I Interferonopathy.

The New England journal of medicine, 2018-03-29

Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat or Allopurinol in Patients with Gout.

Lancet, 2020 Nov 09

Long-term cardiovascular safety of febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with gout (FAST): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2003-04

Fluocinolone acetonide 0.01% in peanut oil: therapy for childhood atopic dermatitis, even in patients who are peanut sensitive.

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2021 Feb 20

A group of cationic amphiphilic drugs activates MRGPRX2 and induces scratching behavior in mice.

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