Tagamet or Zantac
is often given as a premed for injected dyes, to people who might react.
You might ask about that too. You need a high dose 300mg Zantac (raniditine) or
800mg Tagamet (cimetidine). Both are over the counter like the Benadryl.
It may be too late for either of these, but they do help with certain reactions.
You also need to find out the name of the dye used. If it is iodine based, then you may cross react to other dyes. This is critical, because you can have a cardiac arrest with severe dye reactions. A patient just before me for an IVP
did that. I watched the whole drama with trepidation!
After my second IVP years later, I developed hives as well, about 1/2 hour after the test was done. I cannot eat raw seafood now as a result as well. Cooked does not bother me however. But the iodine reaction is now in my allergy list at every doctor I visit.
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