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If i'm allergic to ceclor but not penicillin would it be alright to take amoxicillin?

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Maybe: If your penicillin skin test is negative, you can take amoxicillin, some people can be allergic to a cephalossporin and not to penicillin, but to be safe, consult an allergist for skin testing if it was not done yet.

Answered 3/23/2013

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Cross-reactivity: Patients with true allergy to cephalosporins have less than a 3% chance of reaction to penicillins and less than 0.5% of those will have a serious reaction. The reality is that if you take Amoxicillin you should remain in the doctor's office for 30 mins. To insure that you will not have a serious reaction and if you do that you can be treated effectively.

Answered 11/1/2016

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