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Edited by: Leslie C. Grammer, M.D., and Paul A. Greenberger, M.D. with 12 additional contributing authors.

This 3rd edition (2003 copyright) of Drug Allergy and Protocols, is the latest edition available. This publication represents the state of the art in the field of drug allergy. The 1st and 2nd editions sold out shortly after printing. We suggest that you purchase this new 3rd edition as soon as possible in order to guarantee your copy. There have been significant changes with updated information, improvement and additions between the 2nd and 3rd edition. This is an extremely practical book for specialists in Allergy/Immunology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Practice, Infectious Disease, and Pharmacy. It is a MUST book to keep on hand for EMERGENCIES AND CONSULTATIONS.

THIRD EDITION, 2003 – TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. OVERVIEW OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
   1. CLASSIFICATION OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
   2. CLINICAL CRITERIA OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
   3. PREVENTION OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
   4. THERAPEUTIC GUIDELINES
   5. A. B. KAY’S SUGGESTED CLASSIFICATION OF IMMUNOLOGIC REACTIONS
2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
   1. PRINCIPLES OF INFORMED CONSENT IN DRUG ALLERGY TESTING OR TREATMENT REGIMENS
   2. GENERAL PRECAUTIONS FOR PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN SAFETY IN — — USE OF SKIN TESTING, TEST DOSING, AND DESENSITIZATION PROCEDURES
   3. PROBLEMS IN THE PROCESS OF SKIN TESTING, TEST DOSING, AND DESENSITIZATION
   4. PRINCIPLES OF SKIN TESTING FOR DRUG REACTIONS
   5. PRINCIPLES OF IN-VITRO TESTING FOR ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
   6. PRINCIPLES OF TEST DOSING
   7. PRINCIPLES OF DESENSITIZATION
   8. MEDICAL/LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
   9. PRINCIPLES OF — — USE OF PROPHYLACTIC THERAPY
3. INDIVIDUAL DRUGS OR PROBLEMS: SUMMARY OF — — USEFUL TECHNIQUES
   1. IGE MEDIATED REACTIONS, PRESUMPTIVE OR PROVEN
      1. PENICILLIN AND OTHER BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS
      2. CEPHALOSPORINS
      3. INSULIN ALLERGY
      4. HETEROLOGOUS SERA
      5. VACCINES
         1. MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR) VACCINE IN EGG-ALLERGIC CHILDREN
         2. PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATED TO DIPTHERIA PROTEIN, 7-VALENT (PREVNAR)
         3. PNEUMOCOCCAL 23 SEROTYPE (PNEUMOVAX)
         4. TETANUS TOXOID – TETANUS/DIPTHERIA (TD)
         5. LYMERIX (LYME DISEASE VACCINE)
         6. OTHER (INFLUENZA, YELLOW FEVER, VARICELLA)
      6. LATEX
   2. DRUGS RESULTING IN PROBABLE OR POSSIBLE IMMUNOLOGICALLY MEDIATED REACTIONS
      1.  ANTICONVULSANTS
      2.  SULFONAMIDES
      3.  ORAL ANTIBIOTICS OTHER THAN PENICILLIN
      4.  FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS
      5.  MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
      6.  MUSCLE RELAXANTS
      7. CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS/INTERLEUKIN-2
      8. PROTAMINE SULFATE
      9. BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS/PLASMAPHERESIS
      10. VANCOMYCIN
      11.  TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND UROKINASE
   3. NON-IGE MEDIATED REACTIONS
      1. OPIATES RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST MEDIA
      2. ASPIRIN (ASA), NON-SELECTIVE AND SELECTIVE NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS)bb
      3. ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
   4. D. SPECIAL TOPICS
      1. LOCAL ANESTHETICS
      2. HEPARIN
      3. ETA ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS IN ASTHMA
      4.  EM/SJS/TEN
4. EMERGENCY THERAPY OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
   1. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
   2. TREATMENT