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Drug Allergies

A drug allergy is a symptom caused by an allergic reaction to a drug. A number of drugs, whether prescribed or purchased over the counter, can cause allergies. Rashes, hives, and fever are common symptoms of a drug allergy.

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Symptoms of an allergic reaction to penicillin in dogs?

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Ten percent of all allergy cases in dogs are food allergies. Dogs also can suffer from food intolerance, which is different from a food allergy.

Anything from chronic ear inflammation, gastrointestinal problems, and chronic diarrhea to chronic gas, licking their feet, or an itchy rear end.

Where can I obtain a list of medications that contain sulfur?

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This list may not be conclusive but some drugs include: Amoxil Dapsone Septra Imitrex Natrilix Captopril Glibenclamide Pediazole Celebrex Hyzaar Omeprazole Amaryl Lasix Trusopt Dyazide Ranitidine Bactrim Clinoril Ziac Tenoretic Vioxx Sultrin Diabenese Flomax Vaseretic

Is Lortab an opioid?

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YES! Lortab is acetaminophen & hydrocodone and Percocet is acetaminophen & oxycodone.

Which drug is binding with plasma protein?

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Many drugs bind with your plasma proteins or albumins. An example is Warfarin (Coumadin) which is 90% bound to plasma proteins.

What are side effects of amox tr-k?

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Amoxicillin with clavulonic acid is "Augmentin" and an antibiotic. All antibiotics cause GI upset (nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, indigestion) - with this one, you should have a good meal in your stomach before taking the medicine. Also when you are taking antibiotics, it helps to eat yogurt daily, or take Lactinex or some other brand of live bacteria tablets in order to prevent a lot of the diarrhea caused by the antibiotic killing off the "good" bacteria that live in your gut and help you digest food. There are numerous more specific side effects to this drug including the peeling of skins on your fingertips and toes.

Are mycin drugs in the penicillin family?

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No. For example, Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic with an antimicrobial spectrum slightly wider than penicillin, and is often used for people with a penicillin allergy.

What happens when you mix xanex with alchol?

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You should not take Xanax and alcohol together. You never want to drink alcohol while taking medication, specially these types of medications.

How long will be the side effect of betnesol tablets?

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Any side effects of Betnesol Forte?

i have been taking Betnesol forte for alopesia arateca universalis for four months.

i have put on weight and have swelling in face joins at knee etc. is it because of this medicine. is there any alternate non reactive drugs available.

Why are you having a reaction after taking a flu shot?

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Many people do get a local reaction to the flu shots. It is the body responding to the presence of the virus that was in the vaccine. This immune response is exactly why you get the vaccination. The body recognizes the invading virus as foreign and sends the attack team to the rescue. The soreness and tender red area should be gone in a few days, if not, then you may need to be sure there is not a local infection from the needle by having it examined by a health care professional.

Usually, even though it seems the wrong thing to do at the time, if you use the muscle where the injection was given, the soreness will go away faster. I ask for my flu shots in my right arm to force myself to use it since I am right handed and now that I've started doing that, I have much less soreness after my flu shots and the soreness lasts a shorter time period.

If you are talking about a reaction that is not localized, as in an allergic reaction with lip, tongue or facial swelling or trouble breathing, then you need to get urgent medical attention since it could be you are allergic to eggs or some other component of the vaccine.

Does allegra make you sleepy?

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Claritin has very few side effects. In rare instances you may experience:

  • Headache
  • Tiredness
  • Fatigue
  • Dry mouth

Young children have also reported the following rare side effects:

  • Nervousness
  • Wheezing
  • Fatigue
  • Hyperkinesias
  • Abdominal pain
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Malaise
  • Voice disorders (dysphonia)
  • Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Flu like symptoms
  • Viral infection
  • Rash
  • Diarrhea

Though all of these side effects are extremely rare, if you experience any of the side effects, you should consult your doctor. It is possible that if you are experiencing side effects, that you may be allergic to the medicine. Side effects that would suggest this include rash, itching/swelling, severe dizziness and trouble breathing. In any of these instances, consult your doctor immediately.

Is it possible to become allergic to a drug that you have been taking?

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Drugs sometimes contain particles of different plants (as which most drugs are made from different plants, chemicals, etc.) and some plants contain things from it's nectar, and some chemicals also can cause allergic reaction and also, the person itself could be just allergic to it.

I hope this helped, Good Luck.

Side effect of iterax?

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lessen the itchiness and you feel very sleepy the whole day, coz it was prescribed it to me for 3X a day the whole day Im sleeping.

Is there sulfa in a flu vaccine?

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There are traces in some types of flu vaccines in the form of sulfonamides, such as neosporin, gentamicin, and polymixin. If you are allergic to these, you should not take the vaccines that contain these ingredients.

Two of the vaccines are available without these drugs: Fluzone and Flulaval. Ask your physician if these would be safe for you to use.

The ingredients of each type of flu vaccine currently available in the US for the 2012 - 2013 flu season are:

Flulaval:

Thimerosal, α-tocopheryl hydrogen succinate, polysorbate 80, formaldehyde, sodium deoxycholate, ovalbumin

Fluzone: Standard, High-Dose, & Intradermal:

Formaldehyde, octylphenol ethoxylate (Triton X-100), sodium phosphate, gelatin (standard formulation only), thimerosal (multi-dose vial only) , egg protein

Afluria:

Beta-propiolactone, thimerosol (multi-dose vials only), monobasic sodium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, monobasic potassium phosphate, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium taurodeoxycholate, neomycin sulfate, polymyxin B, egg protein

Fluarix:

Sodium deoxycholate, formaldehyde, octoxynol-10 (Triton X-100), α-tocopheryl hydrogen succinate, polysorbate 80 (Tween 80), hydrocortisone, gentamicin sulfate, ovalbumin

Fluvirin:

Nonylphenol ethoxylate, thimerosal (multidose vial-trace only in prefilled syringe), polymyxin, neomycin, beta-propiolactone, egg protein

FluMist and FluMist Quadrivalent:

Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, arginine, sucrose, dibasic potassium phosphate, monobasic potassium phosphate, gentamicin sulfate, egg protein

For the 2013-2014 flu season:

In addition to the other ingredients, for the 2013-2014 flu season, the

antigens have been selected by CDC for the US trivalent vaccines for the 2013-2014 flu season, and the vaccine contains the following three viruses:

  • Type A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
  • Type A(H3N2) virus antigenically like the cell-propagated prototype virus known as A/Victoria/361/2011; and,
  • Type B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like virus.

It has been recommended that the 2013-2014 quadrivalent vaccines (containing two Type A and two Type B influenza viruses) contain the above three viruses and a Type B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.

Can you use bacitracin ophthalmic ointment if allergic to penicillin?

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Yes, as it is not a part of the penicillin family.

Is buscopan an NSAID?

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no

What is the difference between penicillin and codeine sulphate?

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They are just different salts of the same drug: codeine. Different salts can exhibit different dissolution properties but in this case one company chose the sulphate the other chose the phosphate.

I am allergic to sulfa drugs..and have been given a rx for sulfanilamide........Is sulfanilamide a sulfa drug?

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"Sulfa" is the name of a class of synthetic antibiotics that are technically called "Sulfonamides".

Sulphur is a naturally occurring chemical element.

The two have nothing in common other than the sound of their names.