Amoxicillin is one of the most common penicillin-based antibiotics prescribed ... About four million people in the UK have the drug allergy on their medical record - but when tested, 90% of ...

Indeed, penicillin allergy is often self-diagnosed by ... For instance, they might have been prescribed amoxicillin – without realising it was in the penicillin family – and experienced ...

But waiting-lists for allergy clinics are, on average, more than three months, when they should be no more than six weeks. The report says up to 90% of patients who say they have a penicillin ...

Amoxicillin is an antibiotic from the penicillin class ... Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 80% of those who have an ...