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Posted at 12:54 PM on May 12, 2007 by time2fly75, #21549
On my six day of taking this medication I awoke in the middle of the night with a fever of 101 and was shaking almost uncontrollably due to chills. The next morning, the fever subsided but I began noticing red, rash-like dots all over my arms, legs, and torso. After doing some research on this medication and learning about some of the possible SERIOUS side effects I decided to go to the emergency room. The ER doctor told me I did not have "Stevens Johnson Syndrom" (my original fear) and prescribed me some Benadryl and Prednazone. A day later the rash has not improved and seems to be a little worse. The areas are red and feel warm--almost like a sunburn. I'm obsessed over this and am wondering if the doctor misdiagnosed me. Has anyone who developed a fever/rash from this drug and remember how long it lasted? Even tho the ER doctor released me, should I question this?
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Reply over 2 years ago on May 26, 2007 by kwon, #235

I'm not a doctor so please, ask ur doctor if this is advisable...but i am currently taking sulfameth and i got those red dots, so rather than take one tablet once a day, i started taking half a tablet twice a day for two days, then started taking it regularly (one a day, once a day). The red dots don't appear anymore, just make sure you are drinking at least 10+ glasses of water a day...it sounds like a lot, but water is a giver of life and your skin and body will thank you....mine did....oh, and i'm wondering, i know imma slaughter the spelling, but do you have the skin condition exczema? I do, so applying aloe lotion mixed with vitamin E oil helped to cool the itching and clear up the spots even faster....just take a standard size bottle of vaseline cooling aloe lotion and 8 capsules of vitamin e. pop each capsule and drip the oil into the lotion. shake up the lotion bottle REALLY well...the aloe cools, the vitamin E oil heals...make sure it is of pure form tho...best wishes...

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