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I was given Bactrim after a laser procedure to my face. For the ...

Posted at 9:19 AM on Aug 03, 2007 by kylie74, #22714
I was given Bactrim after a laser procedure to my face. For the first seven days, my only symptom was a very red face which I unknowingly attributed to the laser procedure. On the eighth day, my face was very much improved in colour which I later realised was because I had accidently missed two doses of Bactrim. When I recommenced with the Bactrim the next morning, within a few hours my face was intensely itchy and red and I broke out in a rash all over my torso. At this point I became concerned and did some internet research, only to realise my symptoms were all Bactrim related. Apparently sulfite allergies are relatively common amongst the population, and I now know why I get a flushed face when I drink beer or wine.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Aug 11, 2007 by topaz52, #1157

Oh, I see someone else had a negative response to Bactrim(I recalled that it was called bacitricim.My experience was severe hives and I'm talking welts and lumps of severely itchy valleys of lumps. WHAT MISERY that was! Prescribed for what the 3rd physician I'd seen within 2 months for what appeared to be a flu that never went away.Ok, I take the Bacitricim meds for about 3 days...end up calling in for the advise nurse(Kaiser)and she says to make an appointment for the next day. Now the person I was given an appointment with(I JUST LOVE HIM FOR ALWAYS)he listened to my story from doctor 1 on through 3 from March through May.He ordered chest x-ray & bloodwork.I was at Kaiser for about 4 hours total that day. Results were ready and I was sent back to the exam room and informed I had walking pneumonia and I began to cry for the reason for every joint filled with pain, even touching my hair hurt. Felt like I was sunburned all over. I was told because the blood test showed infection in my bloodstream, therefore the sensitivity all over.So I wasn't crazy nor imagining all these symptoms and the 24/7 of pain filled time.I still can't believe I actually drove the bus without any attendance problems. Coughing constantly for almost 5 months, if it wasn't for the green mucous tinted with blood I was coughing up, I might not have gone on as long on a daily basis. But, hey, guess what this person's status was who examined me that day? A physician's assistant. He knew more what to do than the 3 previous doctors did. I was prescribed something to counteract the allergy and then an antibiotic for the pneumonia. The doctor who prescribed the bacitricim's reaction to my severe hives was,' only asians usually have reactions to sulphur drugs.' Well, I don't consider myself asian.I was taught in highschool there is a difference between Asian and the Orient.(I never check off the asian box for race,so I write in the 'other' oriental and caucasian.)The doctor was embarrassed when he heard me tell him I was half Japanese and caucasian,he thought I was Mexican. He never asked me before he wrote his deadly prescription of hive inducing poison. And for about 3 years after that pneumonia I had bronchitis every year. I was told it will be easy to get bronchitis because of having pneumonia. Most likely I will die of pneunumonia complications in my really old age as well. Well, now that's what I've got to thank the 3 previous doctors I saw for the same flu complaint . Now, I've got the warning stickers on my medical card of sulphur drugs along with codiene.

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