Allergic To Penicillin? Odds Are You Really Are Not

By Dr. Dave Hnida
(CBS4) – Think you’re allergic to penicillin?
Well, maybe not. Or actually, probably not.
A new study suggests that about 90 percent of people who think that they are allergic to penicillin-  are not truly allergic, and can safely and effectively use the drug.
The research comes from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and takes a fresh look at one of the first antibiotics to ever be used (sulfa is the other). The drug was discovered in