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What can doctors use if i'm allergic to penicillin?

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Dr. Al Hegab answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Alternatives: are available, even if there are no alternatives and penicillin is the only drug to treat a condition that you have, very rare by the way, you can still receive it by a special way (desensitization) by an allergist, good luck

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Answered 4/18/2015

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