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What medicines should be avoided by patients suffering from "sulfa allergy"?

12 June 2020This updated Medicines Q&A evaluates the limited evidence available on cross-sensitivity between sulfonamide-containing medicines and lists classes of medication that contain a sulfonamide in their…
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Lactation Safety Information

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Mesalazine, which is an active metabolite of sulfasalazine, has been associated with a small number of possible cases of diarrhoea in breastfed infants. An additional case of sulfasalazine-related bloody diarrhoea has also been reported
Its sulfapyridine metabolite presents a theoretical risk of neonatal haemolysis, especially in G6PD-deficient infants
Monitor infant for diarrhoea
30 July 2020