Drug allergy is one type of adverse reaction to drugs and encompasses a spectrum of hypersensitivity reactions with heterogeneous mechanisms and clinical presentations.
Drug allergy is a significant problem in medical practice. The diagnosis is made primarily from the clinical history.With Traditional Skin allergy test, anaphylaxis & false negative results may occur.
Ansary labs provides a new Drug allergy test, It is specific , sensitive & safe test Drug allergy test is radio-allergosorbent test (RAST) which measures circulating drug specific IgE antibodies, this has the advantage that adverse reactions to testing can be avoided.
The panel includes allergic reaction versus Penicillin G, Penicillin V, Ampicillin, Amoxycillin, sulfamethoxazol, Cephalosporin, Ofloxacin, Cefaclor, Tetracyclin and Erythromycin.
In case of a positive allergic reaction versus the listed allergens the consequences should be to avoid further therapeutic use of the named drug