Well, maybe.
- Here are some interesting facts:
- Ten percent of Americans report having an allergy to penicillin (and ampicillin and amoxicillin are also members of the penicillin family).
- More than eighty percent of those reporting a penicillin allergy are not truly allergic to penicillin.
- Often the report of an "allergy" is from parents who indicated that the child had a reaction.
- Often, like with other allergies, the patient outgrows the allergy.
- Even those who displayed a true allergic reaction to penicillin in the past, when tested ten years later exhibited no allergic response.
- Signs and symptoms of a penicillin allergy usually begin within one minute to one hour after taking penicillin.
