Can I Take Sulfonylureas With a Sulfa Allergy

Date June 21, 2020 Author By Eric Christianson Category Drug Allergy Reactions

Many patients are labeled as having a “sulfa allergy”. This is typically going to be from a reaction to sulfa antibiotics (i.e. sulfamethoxazole). Sulfonylureas are one of the drug classes that have sulfonamides as part of their chemical structure so therefore a theoretical cross-reactivity is possible. An estimated 3 – 6% of the population are […]