whether patients who are allergic to sulfonamides can take Celebrex or Bextra
July 2004
Questions keep coming up about whether patients who are allergic to sulfonamides can take Celebrex or Bextra.
About 3% of patients develop allergic reactions to sulfonamide antibiotics.
These patients sometimes react to other drugs that contain the sulfonamide structure...thiazides, sulfonylureas, etc.
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