Amoxicillin and Mono?

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If a patient had a history of Mono with an Amoxicillin rash, should they avoid Amoxicillin completely afterwards even if it happened a few years ago?

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Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.

Please check with your primary provider and pharmacist.

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As someone who had mono and was given amoxicillin and suffered the dreaded rash, I can tell you that I have been prescribed amoxicillin since that episode. It was not classified as a "true" allergy to the med.

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Specializes in Geriatric Assessment, management and leadership.

Go to this website and read page 333.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1237570/?page=1

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