I have taken amoxicillin but I have never taken penicillin. I've heard that they are practically the same, but I'm not sure. Is there different reactions? Whats the difference between the two?
2006-07-13 04:58:37 · 8 answers · asked by Elisha S 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
If you have ever had an allergic reaction to another penicillin or to a cephalosporin, do not take amoxicillin without first talking to your doctor.
2006-07-13 05:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Nurse Annie 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If the allergic reaction was a rash, swelling, shortness of breath, or something along those lines than yes I say you are allergic to both. Just because you take an antibiotic once does not mean that the next time you take it you won't have a reaction. If you have a mild reaction to a medication the next time you take the medication the reaction will get more servere. Personally, I had a 1 in 10 chance of reacting to 2 drugs in the same family, I ended up in the Emergency Room.
2016-03-27 03:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a nursing student and I know they're in the same drug family so you'll probably be allerrgic to amoxicillin too or at least sensitive to it.
2006-07-13 05:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by slytherin_rinoa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know i am allergic to penicillin but i have never had that stuff but if you are worried that it is too close then you can ask your doctor to prescribe something else
2006-07-13 05:02:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are allergic to one, then you probably are to the other.
like, i developed an allergy to a sulfa-med, so my dr knows not to prescribe any sulfa-meds to me anymore.
it could be possible that i'm not allergic to all of them, but they like to play it safe.
2006-07-13 05:03:45 · answer #5 · answered by joey322 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your doctor, not the twits on this site.
2006-07-13 05:02:16 · answer #6 · answered by b_connett 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends. a quick phone call to your doctor will solve it.
2006-07-13 05:01:30 · answer #7 · answered by truthyness 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dunno, but I'm allergic to both. Had hives with both. I think they are very similar. I reacted exaclty the same with both.
2006-07-13 05:02:04 · answer #8 · answered by angelikness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋