Pathologic Function
drug allergy
[ druhg al-er-jee ]
Subclass of:
Adverse reaction to drug;
Hypersensitivity
Definitions related to drug allergy:
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An allergy to a pharmaceutical product.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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Hypersensitivity in form of an adverse immune reaction against drugs.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(drug hypersensitivity) Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Drug hypersensitivity is an immune-mediated reaction to a drug. Symptoms range from mild to severe and include rash, anaphylaxis, and serum sickness. Diagnosis is clinical; skin testing is occasionally useful. Treatment is drug discontinuation, supportive treatment (eg, with antihistamines), and sometimes desensitization.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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A drug allergy is the abnormal reaction of your immune system to a medication. Any medication - over-the-counter, prescription or herbal - is capable of inducing a drug allergy. However, a drug allergy is more likely with certain medications.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Drug allergy, hypersensitivity reaction to therapeutic agents that occasionally occurs on subsequent exposure to a drug against which an individual has already produced antibodies. Some drugs rarely cause allergic reactions (e.g., tetracyclines, digitalis), while others frequently provoke allergy...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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