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2. Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid - Wikipedia

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   Amoxicillin is an antibiotic while clavulanic acid is a non-antibiotic β-lactamase inhibitor which prevents metabolism of amoxicillin by certain bacteria. In addition to its β-lactamase inhibition, clavulanic acid shows central nervous system actions and effects and has been studied in the potential treatment of various psychiatric and ...

3. β-Lactam antibiotic - Wikipedia

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   β-Lactam antibiotics are indicated for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible organisms. At first, β-lactam antibiotics were mainly active only against gram-positive bacteria, yet the recent development of broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics active against various gram-negative organisms has increased their usefulness.

4. Most people aren't really allergic to penicillin. More ... - AOL

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   In most of those cases, people had long been told they were allergic to penicillin — usually after developing a rash within several days of taking the antibiotic as a baby or toddler.

5. Clavulanic acid - Wikipedia

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   Clavulanic acid is a β-lactam drug that functions as a mechanism-based β-lactamase inhibitor.While not effective by itself as an antibiotic, when combined with penicillin-group antibiotics, it can overcome antibiotic resistance in bacteria that secrete β-lactamase, which otherwise inactivates most penicillins.

6. Which Allergy Medicine Is Actually Most Effective? - AOL

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   Zyrtec works by blocking the histamine 1 receptor in your body, explains David Corry, MD, professor of allergy medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. “Histamine is a chemical that is ...

7. Penicillin - Wikipedia

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   Serum sickness is a type III hypersensitivity reaction that occurs one to three weeks after exposure to drugs including penicillin. It is not a true drug allergy, because allergies are type I hypersensitivity reactions, but repeated exposure to the offending agent can result in an anaphylactic reaction.

8. Sulfonamide (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   The overall incidence of adverse drug reactions to sulfa antibiotics is approximately 3%, close to penicillin; [3] hence medications containing sulfonamides are prescribed carefully. Sulfonamide drugs were the first broadly effective antibacterials to be used systemically, and paved the way for the antibiotic revolution in medicine.

9. Anti-allergic agent - Wikipedia

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   Anti-allergic agents are medications used to treat allergic reactions. Anti-allergic agents have existed since 3000 B.C in countries such as China and Egypt . It was not until 1933 when antihistamines, the first type of anti-allergic agents, were developed. [ 1 ]