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• Explain the differences between a drug • ADR: any noxious, unintended, and undesired
allergy and an adverse drug reaction effect of a drug that occurs at doses used in
humans for prevention, diagnosis, or treatment
• Explain the most likely classes of – Predictable
medications
di ti involved
i l d in
i cross reactivity
ti it • Dose dependent
• Related to known pharmacologic actions of the drug
• Discuss ways to prevent possible drug
• Occur in otherwise normal patients
allergies – Unpredictable
• Dose independent
• Unrelated to the pharmacologic action
• Occur only in susceptible patients
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– Most reactions are vasovagal, psychogenic, toxic, or a • Cross reactivity only exists among the benzoate esters,
not the amides
predictable side effect of the epinephrine that
commonly is included in the preparation • If the patient has experienced a true allergy to a
benzoate ester local anesthetic, an amide may be
– Other possible causes include the preservatives in considered
multidose vials • If the patient experienced a true allergy to an amide,
– Patients can be labeled allergic and told to avoid all “- another amide or a benzoate ester may be considered
caines”, which is not necessarily true
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