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Had mild hives from nsaids. allergist wants to desensitize me, feels i am very low risk, but wants me to do it myself at home; baby asp each day. ok?
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No: Baby Aspirin and nsaids are not in the same family. Taking a baby Aspirin may not desensitize you to nsaids.
Answered 6/24/2014
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I've read u can't be desensitized to nsaids if your only symptom is skin hives. I need these meds badly. Can i keep taking them? The hives are minor.
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Can a minor drug allergy just go away over time? Like if a person had mild hives from nsaids, or any pill for that matter, could alrgy vanish one day?
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Latest info shows if u r allergic to nsaid, it is just that one nsaid and u shld be ok with others. Why, then, do I also get mild hives from aspirin?
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Is having nsaid induced hives the same thing as being allergic to them? What if u have mild hives even when not taking nsaids, just worse w/them?
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If you only have mild hives for yrs when taking nsaids, but never any other sym's such as swelling breathing probs etc, then are you really allergic?
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