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Medical History for Drug Allergies
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Your doctor will ask questions about your past health, your symptoms, and the medicines you take or have taken recently. This is important for finding out whether you have a Reference drug allergy Opens New Window and finding which medicine is causing the Reference allergic reaction Opens New Window.
Your doctor will ask about:
- All medicines you have recently taken, including Reference over-the-counter Opens New Window medicines. How much did you take and for how long?
- The type of allergic reaction you had. If you had a skin rash, what did it look like? What other symptoms did you have?
- When the allergic reaction happened.
- How long it took for the reaction to stop.
- Current or recent viral infections, such as having a cold or the flu.
- A previous reaction to a medicine.
- A family history of drug allergies or other harmful (adverse) drug reactions, such as side effects.
- Any long-lasting diseases you may have, such as Reference asthma Opens New Window or Reference diabetes Opens New Window.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference June 30, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Adam Husney, MD, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Rohit K Katial, MD - Allergy and Immunology |
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