Drug antibody epinephrine

The answers are 25-e, 26-b, 27-a. (Hardmanr pp 67—68. Katzung, pp 30, 134.) Anaphylaxis refers to an acute hypersensitivity reaction that appears to be mediated primarily by immunoglobulin E (IgE). Specific antigens can interact with these antibodies and cause sensitized mast cells to release vasoactive substances, such as histamine. Anaphylaxis to penicillin is one of the best-known examples the drug of choice to relieve the symptoms is epinephrine. 

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