Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips

Medication allergies

Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 16:36:42 +0200
From: William Boyer <wboyer@emory.edu>
Subject: Medication allergies

I had a patient once who responded best to a particular antidepressant to which she became allergic. An allergist in my building said he could treat it with exposure to gradually increasing amounts, but he also said that many (most?) med allergies are due to the coloring added to the dose. That is indeed what was wrong with my patient.

If your patient has been getting the standard Wellbutrin 75 mg (yellow) consider the 100 mg (red) or the sustained release (I don't know what colors those are).

Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 16:57:02 +0000
From: Anthony Patterson <pattersona@InfoAve.Net>
Subject: Wellbutrin allergy

I have had a significant minority of patients on Wellbutrin develop a rash in response to the yellow dye (tartrazine?) in the 75 mg tablets. All but a couple of those have done well on the red 100 mg tablets.

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