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· 13 Jun 2021

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Medicines and Allergy Tests

#health Skin or skin tests are one of the studies performed for a possible allergy.

Certain medications may interfere with them and make the results unreliable, although they do not alter the results of blood tests that are also performed during allergy studies.

The main drugs that can affect allergy skin tests are antihistamines. They are medicines that are taken to treat some allergic symptoms such as itching, to increase appetite, for dizziness or vertigo, to sleep and sometimes, are part of products sold in pharmacies for colds or fluenza symptoms. Also cortisone derivatives or antidepressant may alter such skin tests