Dr. Adkinson answers the question: 'Tests To Determine A Drug Allergy?' — -- Question: What tests are used to determine if I have a drug allergy? Answer: First of all, the most important test of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 63.6% of patients consulted for drug allergy were recommended for more testing. 32.5% of these patients did not ...

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% ...

The drug, Palforzia, also comes with "potentially serious side effects." A drug designed to minimize the frequency and severity of a child's allergic reaction to peanuts was approved Friday by the U.S ...

Omalizumab, currently used to treat asthma, has been shown to substantially reduce the risk of potentially life-threatening reactions in people aged one and older with multiple common food allergies, ...

Benadryl has been used since the 1940s to stop allergy attacks and relieve the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies A review of the medicine cabinet staple in the New York Times points out that ...

Laura Pleasants doesn’t leave her house without at least six EpiPens — autoinjectors about the size and shape of a whiteboard marker that contain medication that can calm a body’s allergic reaction.

Kevin Wang and Annie Marqueling’s son Liam was 8 months old when he broke out in hives all over his body after eating a few bits of a scrambled egg. An allergy test revealed Liam was allergic to eggs, ...

Food allergy sufferers have a new weapon in their fight against severe symptoms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the injectable Xolair (omalizumab) the green light for use in ...

A drug that binds to allergy-causing antibodies can protect children from dangerous reactions to accidentally eating allergy-triggering foods, a new study found. A drug can make life safer for ...