SC - sulfa and sulfites
weymouth at netaxs.com
weymouth at netaxs.com
Sun Jul 13 03:21:32 PDT 1997
From: Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:19:42 -0400 (EDT)
To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
Subject: Re: SC - sulfa and sulfites
Reply-to: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
Sorry for the late reply to this but maybe this will give general
information to all.
Sulfa- drugs and compounds, foods, etc. containing sulfur are not
related. Sulfa drugs belang to a group called sulfonamides which are
anti-bacterial drugs derived from sulfanilic acid. Sulfur and
sulfites found in wines are of the same group. I'm an RN and do get
this question frequently from my patients.
I have a friend who has a medic-alert necklace that says she is allergic to
sulfa. I know that she is also allergic to the sulfites in wine (which CAN'T
be boiled out, by the way), but I don't recall having heard her mention
onions as a problem. Of course, as one has to request the wording wanted on
medic-alerts, it may be a case that SHE thinks sulfa and sulfites are the
same thing. Then again, she may actually be allergic to sulfa, and I'm
making the connection. She seems to know a great deal about the condition
and the chemical properties thereof, so I am assuming that she is correct.
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