A patient was seen in the emergency department after sustaining a fractured leg and multiple abrasions in a bicycle accident. Eight hours after discharge the patient is admitted in anaphylactic shock. The nurse would suspect which drugs prescribed for the initial injury as implicated in this reaction?
A) A cephalosporin antibiotic
B) A topical antibiotic for use on abrasions
C) An NSAID for minor pain
D) An opioid analgesic for more severe pain
E) Normal saline wash for abrasions
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