Most people aren't really allergic to penicillin. More doctors are doing tests to confirm it.

LTC Eugene Chu
..."The so-called delabeling of penicillin allergies, doctors say, would have major health impacts: faster and more effective treatments for people who have spent their lives avoiding penicillin and related drugs, including amoxicillin, as well as the opportunity to drive down rising antibiotic resistance.

"There is an evolution going on in that all of us are moving from a reactive approach to penicillin allergies to a proactive approach," said Dr. Cosby Stone, an assistant professor of allergy and immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. "That is to say to patients, 'I think I should test this allergy for you because I think it's going to cause you a problem, either now or in the future.'"

LTC Eugene Chu Interesting!