More than 20% of the population is suspected to have a penicillin allergy, yet less than 5% have this allergy. Because a recorded "penicillin allergy" entails altered antibiotic management, risk for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although 7% of questioned parents believed that their child had a drug allergy, testing showed that only 0.05% ...

In children evaluated for a possible macrolide allergy, intradermal testing with a suspected culprit drug at 0.05 mg/mL showed high specificity (92.7%) but limited sensitivity. To confirm an allergy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . By including more clinically relevant alerts and improving usability, practices can better facilitate drug ...

If you’ve been told your whole life that you have a penicillin allergy, you’d be forgiven for not giving it a second thought. About one in 10 people in the U.S. report having this condition, making it ...

Medicare Part B may cover some types of allergy tests if a person meets certain criteria. Allergy testing falls under the “clinical diagnostic laboratory tests” category for Medicare. To qualify 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 ...

Doctors prescribe EpiPen (epinephrine injection) to treat anaphylaxis from any cause, including food and medication allergies. Use EpiPen as soon as symptoms start or just after exposure to a known ...

Antihistamines were involved in at least 15% of recent overdose deaths, according to 2019-2020 data from 43 states and the District of Columbia. Of 92,033 overdose deaths during this time period, 14.7 ...

Allergy Diagnostics Market OverviewThe global allergy diagnostics market is undergoing substantial expansion, with an ...

A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Xolair, the brand name for the drug ...