A patient has been given a medication and shortly afterward starts to have difficulty breathing, hypotension, and urticaria. The patient is having what type of reaction to the drug?
a. Anaphylactic reaction
b. Hypersensitivity
c. Summation
d. Tachyphlaxis
Ans: a. Anaphylactic reaction
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