Article: Drug Allergy 101 - What You Absolutely Need To Know

Drug Allergy 101 - What You Absolutely Need To Know

Introduction

Due to increase in the population that is having impaired immunity and also as there is an increasing pool of aged population because of the ever-lowering death rates, the incidence of allergies is on rise.



Definition

Drug allergy is an immunologically mediated reaction to a drug, which is quite different from its pharmacodynamic profile. It is entirely unrelated to its dosage. It is sometimes also called drug hypersensitivity.



Types

There are many different types of drug allergies but broadly there are two different types: a) Humoral

It is further subdivided into type I, type II and type III based on the type of cells involved.

b) Cellular



Diagnosis

Most commonly the signs and symptoms are ...
 

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