Drug allergy screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]

Overview

Screening options for drug allergies are limited. This is mainly because drug allergies fall under the type B unpredictable drug reactions that occur only in susceptible individuals. To screen for drug allergy, one would have to be exposed to the drug, which may mean putting the individual at an uneccesary risk for a severe drug reaction through a screening test.