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.

A lot, but here's the major ones:

Iodine
Erythromycin
Biaxin
Seafood
Shellfish
Bee/Wasp/Hornet stings
**All the above could potentially be life threatening to me

Misc. allergies:

Cats/Dogs and their dander
Golden Rod/Grass
Dust
Cologne, Perfume (can trigger a sudden headache/migraine)

I have had side effects or intolerance with:

Tegretol (Carbamazepine)
Amitriptyline
Neurontin
Nortriptyline

I have difficulty (discomfort) with:
Oranges - Mouth ulcers (canker sores)
Tomatoes and Strawberries - Mouth discomfort (feels like I've been cut with tiny shards of glass)

I'm sure there's a bunch I'm forgetting. Seems acidic foods aren't too kind to my body, but not deathly allergic to, thankfully.

(I know we were to discuss medications, but I figured I'd add others that affect me)

I guess I should say that I am very sensitive to smells.

oil/gas smells
perfumes
Cigarettes
hairsprays
ragweed
pine pollen
molds and mildew
amonia


any of all of the above can cause me to become disoriented, confused, nauseous, migraine, and or unable to draw in a deep breath.

Yes, I'm also allergic to or have bad reactions to some medications. After a lifetime of using penicillin, out of the blue I had a reaction with hives, shortness of breath and palpitations.

Penicillin
Erythromyecin
Interferons
Solumedrol

When I was a kid, I had alot of allergies caused by environmental triggers. Surprisingly, they discovered I was allergic to my own cold germs so every time I caught a cold, it went into pneumonia.....five times in 1-1/2 years....age 4-5. Thankfully my mother had been a nurse so I was able to stay at home with the doctor coming for a "house call" After years of allergy shots and growing up, I seemed to outgrow them....thank goodness!

Being allergic to my own cold germs sure sounds like a precursor to MS raising it's ugly head in later years. It does make you go hmmmmmm

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.