Sulfite allergy occurs when your immune system is overly sensitive to sulfite. It can cause symptoms like itching, swelling, ...

If the original sulfa reaction was severe and serious, steer clear of any of the members of the broad sulfa family. Otherwise, a non-antibiotic sulfa medication probably isn t going to hurt. In a ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 78-year-old male in fairly good health. I recently was prescribed Bactrim (a sulfa drug) for an ear infection but didn’t know I am allergic to sulfa. I had a severe reaction to ...

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Without any real understanding of how sulfa-drugs overcome infections, doctors have been freely using them ever since Dr. Gerhard Domagk of Germany discovered prontosil, forerunner of sulfanilamide, ...

One of the first U.S. trials of a sulfa drug was made in 1936 on a sinus infection of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (he was cured). Since then interest in sulfa cures has centered around other ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old male in fairly good health. I recently was prescribed Bactrim (a sulfa drug) for an ear infection but didn't know I am allergic to sulfa. I had a severe reaction to ...