On Feb 5, 6:10*pm, Boron Elgar > wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:24:37 -0800 (PST), Lynn from Fargo
>
> > wrote:
> >Yes! Check out the allergy to Cipro (sulfa). *I *didn't discover my
> >allergy to sulfa drugs until *I was over thirty. *I took Cipro for ten
> >days and the UTI went away but I just got sicker and sicker until I
> >felt like I had acid in my blood vessels and I broke out in hives -
> >everywhere. Including the inside of my mouth. *My doctor wouldn't let
> >me give - administer it to my daughter a couple of years later!
> >Check it out. Cortisone will help but the more Cipro you've taken, the
> >sicker you'll get.
> >Lynn in Fargo
>
> There is no relationship between Cipro and sulfa. *Cipro is a
> cephalexin and sulfa *is a sulfonamide.
>
> That is not to say you cannot be allergic to both.
>
> There is a higher incidence of allergy to cephalexins if penicillin
> allergy is present, though.
>
> Boron

Wait! it was Septra! Ask me about psychopharmacology ;-)
Thanks, Boron!

Lynn in Fargo
With the 7 dwarves: Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Xanax, Effexor and
Wellbutrin