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Can you take bactroban (mupirocin) if you have a sulfa drug allergy?
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Yes: Bactroban (mupirocin) is a topical medication for treating skin infections. If you have an allergy to sulfa antibiotics, you should not have a problem with bactroban (mupirocin) which is not absorbed into your system and should not cause an allergic reaction in those with a sulfa antibiotic (which is absorbed).
Answered 9/1/2018
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Yes: Mupirocin is unlike drugs that cause the sulfa allergy, so a sulfa allergy would not prevent a person from using mupirocin.
Answered 8/3/2021
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