{"id":40291,"date":"2025-10-09T01:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=40291"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:31:16","slug":"medication-allergies","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/medication-allergies\/","title":{"rendered":"Medication Allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is Medication Allergy testing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reactions to medications\u2014commonly <strong>penicillins<\/strong>, <strong>sulfa drugs<\/strong>, <strong>NSAIDs<\/strong>, and certain anesthesia agents\u2014may be allergic or non\u2011allergic. Many penicillin labels are inaccurate and can be removed after testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What to expect during testing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review of the original reaction (timing, symptoms, treatment).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For penicillin: <strong>skin testing<\/strong> with major\/minor determinants followed by a <strong>graded oral challenge<\/strong> if negative.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For other drugs: risk\u2011based <strong>drug challenge<\/strong> or, when necessary, <strong>desensitization<\/strong> in a monitored setting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated allergy list sent to your medical record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40297,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"specialty":[1286],"class_list":["post-40291","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-allergist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/40291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=40291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}