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Originally Posted by Katyanna
The reaction took place much too quickly afterward to be attributed to an allergy to the medication.
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While you are likely right, I would suggest he mention the reaction to his doctor.
I'm far from an expert (but does that ever stop anyone these days?), but I believe that the speed of reaction to an allergy depends in part on the degree of sensitivity. My mother died within 2 hours of a shot of penicillin due to anaphylactic shock and total systemic collapse. Prior to that, she had taken penicillin with impunity, and exactly what was the sensitizing event is unknown. Granted such reactions are rare, but they can happen, and with substances that have previously been (apparently) innocuous.