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Can A Person With Allergy To Penicillin Take Ciprofloxacin?

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Posted on Mon, 13 Mar 2017
Question: Can a person who is allergic to penicillin take Ciproflaxin
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Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (28 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
yes

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic that belongs to a different drug class than penicillin. Allergy to penicillin cannot be used to predict allergy to quinolones (including ciprofloxacin).

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis

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Can A Person With Allergy To Penicillin Take Ciprofloxacin?

Brief Answer: yes Detailed Answer: Hello, ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic that belongs to a different drug class than penicillin. Allergy to penicillin cannot be used to predict allergy to quinolones (including ciprofloxacin). Kind Regards!