Suggest Medication For Penicillin Allergy While Getting Teeth Cleaned

Posted on Wed, 8 Apr 2015

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Question : I recently had a knee replacement. I need to have my teeth cleaned. I have a penicillin allergy and need to take an appropriate antibiotic. My doctor says I should take what my dentist recommends and my dentist says my doctor should make the recommendation. What should I take?

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (32 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Third generation cephalosporin

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Before getting the teeth cleaned you can either take fluroquinolone like ciproflox with metronidazole or third generation cephalosporin like Cefixine with metronidazole.

These medications should be safe in your case.

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar