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Can I Take Sulfonylureas With a Sulfa Allergy

Med Ed 101

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