INTERNET RESOURCES OF DRUG ALLERGY : INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND RESERCH

·         Drug Allergies  
Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Detailed analysis of Analphylaxis versus Anaphylactoid Reactions, Multivalency and Haptenization, Factors That Increase the Risk of Allergic Reaction, Evaluation of Drug Allergy, Drug Desensitization, Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Sulfa Drugs and NSAIDS hypersensitivity.

·         Drug Allergy Information Sheet 
By the Allergy Society of South Africa. Tables of drugs commonly associated [...]

Anaphylaxis : allergy in emergency

Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis is an acute systemic (multi-system) and severe Type I Hypersensitivity allergic reaction in humans and other mammals. The term comes from the Greek words ανα ana (against) and φύλαξις phylaxis (protection). Minute amounts of allergens may cause a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction. Anaphylaxis may occur after ingestion, skin contact, injection of an allergen or, in [...]

DRUG ALLERGIS : WHAT CAN I DO ?

 
 

Drug allergies
 

Drug allergies are a group of symptoms caused by allergic reaction to a drug (medication). A drug allergy is an allergy to a drug, most commonly a medication. Medical attention should be sought immediately if an allergic reaction is suspected.
An allergic reaction will not occur on the first exposure to a substance. The first [...]