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How to diagnose ibuprofen allergy?

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Dr. Michael Zacharisen answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Not easy: Ibuprofen hypersensitivity is diagnosed by a careful history where symptoms followed ingestion of ibuprofen. There is no available commercial skin or blood test since it is typically not ige-mediated. In some cases, an ingestion (drug challenge) is performed under medical supervision to confirm/rule out NSAID allergy. This of course carries some risk.

Answered 10/23/2016

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