Interaction of drugs with the immune system
| Examples | |
| Specific interactions | |
| Immune reaction to the drug itself (“real” drug allergy) | Penicillins, sulphonamides |
| Induction of an autoimmune response | d-penicillamine, procainamide |
| Non-specific interactions | |
| IgE (type 1)-like symptoms without evidence for sensitisation (= pseudoallergy) | Acetylsalicylic acid |
| Interference with immune cell activation, signal transduction, cytokine production | Cyclosporin A, thalidomide |