Sulfamethoxazole and little bit

I started taking two 160mg tablets of sulfameth a day about a week ago in conjunction with prednisone and hydroxyzine for a bad case of contact dermititis. Yesterday I woke up with a crazy fever, pressure in my sinuses and headache. I got off work and went to sleep at 5:30pm. Around 9pm I woke up covered in hives. The fever had broke, but this was a new beast. The hives started out all over, but there were not many. Over the next 24 hrs they spread so that now I am mostly a giant red splotch. It itches like hell and for some damn reason I feel wired. I can't get to sleep. I keep pacing around.

I went to the ER and they said it was probably the sulfameth. They told me to discontinue use and put me on a higher dose of prednisone, zantac and diphenhydramine.

I am almost sure it was the sulfameth. I have been on prednisone before without anything like this happening. I have never taken the sulfameth before this and I rarely took the hydroxyzine they gave me so I doubt it caused it.

The reaction to the sulfameth is seriously 100 times worse then what they gave it to me for. I would rather have just not gone to the doctor and suffered through what I had before than deal with this. It's a sleepless, itching hell. I will never take a sulfa drug again.

I can only wonder how bad it would have been had I not already been on prednisone when the allergic reaction hit. So 24 hrs into it and the hives are getting worse. Hopefully the prednisone and benadryl will end it soon.

i've also noticed the weird headaches right away.i can't seem to shake them.maybe they will go away,i hope so because i'm not the one who is a fan of medicine.my vision has become more blurred and that causes my headaches to worsen,i've already had blurred vision but it has become worse,i believe after it's out of my system,then everything will be back to normal,i just have one question,do you know how long it usually takes to get out of your system.i bet you are wondering why didn't she contact her doctor,well to be honest i wasn't thinking about this medicine,i looked up a medicine that i picked up for my niece calle ciprofloxa something,then that's what made me think of my medication,i couldn't believe some of the symptoms people were having some the same as me.i just really wanted to know if the doctor's really give you medicine for what they say the cause may be or you may have something a little bit mor serious and they don't want to alarm you,just give you medicine and if you take as you told everything will be fine,i'm glad i looked up that for my niece,because i would have never thought to look it up for myself,i expected the medicine had cause those different effects in me,but i always doubt myself,thinking how can i be right,it always end up this way.

Had bacterial cyst on upper leg area. Was prescribed this medication. Within a few days I got a fever but not the type that puts me to bed. I was still active but restrained from heavy activity because I knew I was heating up. Got a cough as well. The medication still worked though. Got red dot all over chest, arms at day 8 after i was in the sun for a little bit and stopped immediately. Doctor says I had allergic reaction and that the sun triggered it. Felt well afterwards. I read about SJS and decided to pray to God all the time to avoid it from day 1. I think everyone should pray as it really does help. Just give it a try - I might have been destined for SJS but might have never gotten it as a result. Thanks God and please help everone else.