Dr. Woessner answers the question: 'Allergic Reaction To Sulfa, Antibiotics?' — -- Question: I am afraid to take antibiotics after a reaction to sulfa. How do I know that another antibiotic won't ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old male in fairly good health. I recently ...

Scientists have discovered a key enzyme structure in bacteria, a finding that lays the foundation for a new generation of antibiotics that are safer and less prone to drug resistance. St. Jude ...

One dairy cow in Kentucky is an example of how antibacterial drugs could be getting into the food supply. Sulfamethazine is a sulfa drug used to treat bacterial diseases in humans and animals, and to ...

SOME wonder drugs have a longer day in the sun than do others. Many people today have never heard of sulfa drugs, but in their time they were considered quite miraculous. And miracles they were indeed ...

Toronto’s General Hospital last week reported its 20th death in four years from sulfa poisoning, three within the last month. So aroused were Toronto doctors that the city’s chief coroner held a ...

In The Demon Under the Microscope, author Thomas Hager tells the story of the first antibiotics and the German scientist most responsible for... The Saga of a Sulfa Drug Pioneer The world's first ...

One of the first U.S. trials of a sulfa drug was made in 1936 on a sinus infection of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (he was cured). Since then interest in sulfa cures has centered around other ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old male in fairly good health. I recently was prescribed Bactrim (a sulfa drug) for an ear infection but didn’t know I am allergic to sulfa. I had a severe reaction to ...