I am allergic to cipro, topamax, zonegran, lamictal, keppra, tysabri, and gilenya..........

I asked my Neuro if it makes sense that MS patients would have a higher rate of allergic reactions due to our over active immune systems.....His response was that in theory that was completely correct, it only stands to reason if our body attack our own myelin, it would really attack an outside substance, like a foreign medication.

I wonder how many MS patients have allergic reactions to medicines??

I am a collector of allergies.

some fillers and binders in generic meds
Iodine
sulfa
Mushrooms
shrimp
bees
haloperidol
reglan
klonopin

Gawd, the list does on and on.

No Allergies, never a reaction to a Medication.

Penicillin
Sulfa
Interferons
Copaxone
Tysabri
Zanaflex (made me extremely nauseated)
Could not handle the few anti depressant meds I tried (paxil, cymbalta, lexapro, wellbrutin)

Me too...
Sulfa
Cipro
Avonex
Macribid

I never had an allergy to anything before MS..

Shellfish
penicillin
ragweed (and other assorted pollens)
cats
grass (touching grass or certain plants makes me break out in hives)
perfumes (causes me to wheeze and break out into hives)
certain cleaning products, especially if they have a flowery scent


and some medication my neuro gave me for migraines when they quit making my old medication. Have to find the bottle to remember the name of it. It made me break out into hives.

Which brings up a good point. Are these true allergies or adverse reactions?

I haven't been on many of the medications you folks have listed so I wonder if that is part of it. The more you try the more likely you will find some that you can't tolerate. The only thing I have a problem with so far is Codeine and it is an adverse reaction, n/v for hours, but not a true allergy.

Of course if we genotyped everyone medications that react or don't react to certain enzymes in our bodies could narrow down the ones that are likely to either not work for us or cause problems. Something to think about for those that are sensitive to many things although I believe it is an out of pocket expense it might be worth it.