SC - sulfa and sulfites

[weymouth at netaxs.com]

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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