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Muammer Kara1, Alpaslan Tanoglu2, Ali Kutlu3
1Department of Gastroenterology, Gata Haydarpasa Training Hospital, 34668 Uskudar-Istanbul, Turkey. drmuammerkara70@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely prescribed drugs in daily practice. Allergic reactions, even small number of anaphylactic reactions to PPIs have been reported. Omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, rapeprazol and esomeprazole are classified in the same group. Despite the similarity of biochemical structures among these drugs, presence of cross-reactivity between PPIs is controversial.1,2 In this letter, we present 3 lansoprazole allergy cases, who were prescribed and took esomeprazole safely after allergic reactions to lansoprazole.
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