Allergic Reactions?
 

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..:mad:

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. :rolleyes: 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":eek: 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:confused:

Judy, thank heaven, so far, I haven't had an allergic reaction to Penc. or E-miacin. My PCP uses Amoxicillan for my UTIs and E-miacin for heavy duty sinus infections.

I am always apprehensive now, though, when trying any new med or one that I haven't had for awhile.:eek:

How are you doing these days?:hug:

ME TOO !!!!!!!

Im allergic to:

1. MRI contrast
2. Contrast used to check for aneurysims
3. Morphine
4. Bactrim
5. Levaquin
6. Lyrica
7. Alfredo sauce
8. Fritos
9. seasonal allergies
10. metals
11. detergents
12. some animals
13. stings
14. Peanuts
15. Latex

There are probably more.....but its midnite and I cant think.:eek:

I swear that the ragweed that's growing in the field behind our house is trying to kill me!

What sucks, is that my aunt (she lives across the street) had been keeping the weeds down behind my house by putting the cuttings from all her bushes and trees and my family's bushes and trees down in the trees that border the creek that runs behind my house. She didnt just dump it, she'd lay it out in a way that kept the poison oak and the ragweed from growing. Plus, it was food for all the deer that live back there.

Our next door neighbors (old, partially senile neighbor who's a busybody, and his wife who is a bit of a <bad word> who is also a busybody...think Mrs Kravitz on "Bewitched"...that's both of them) complained...thinking my aunt was just dumping it in a big pile. What they thought was a big pile of her cuttings that she'd been putting down there, turns out to be a pile of dirt that the builders left at the end of the neighbor's yard that never got flattened out. In the spring, it sprouts weeds.

So, earlier this year, my aunt quit taking her cuttings down there. She'd been controlling the weeds this way for the past nine years. Those neighbors have been living next to us for about 6. They never saw it the way it was before she started controlling the weeds.

Couple of weeks ago, they started complaining that the lawn company had stopped cutting the weeds. (Ummm...no Dear Neighbors...it wasnt the lawn company doing that...It was my Aunt J.) Because they complained to her about her "dumping" her cuttings, she quit doing it to make them happy. Now they're peeved that no one is "mowing" the weeds. (aunt is also the reason that there is grass growing back there now, and it's not a pile of mud anymore. She's on the HOA board and got the HOA to trim down a bunch of the volunteer trees back there too)

Now, because Mr and Mrs "Kravitz" next door complained, I'm having problems with my ragweed allergy for about the first time in 8yrs. The "Kravitz's" are the only people that complained. Rest of the neighbors are mad that J isnt being allowed to compost her tree clippings now. (Aunt J is kind of a clean freak. She also trims a few of the neighbor's trees and bushes for fun. Not anymore now that she cant put the clippings down in the trees behind my house. Other neighbors are mad they dont get their trees clipped for free anymore.)

We also cant walk around at the ends of our yards anymore. The poison ivy and poison oak is out of control. Too bad we cant get the "Kravitz's" to believe that my aunt was the reason it looked so nice behind the houses. (they give us the hairy eyeball every time we tell them they're the reason it's overgrown back there now)

I HATE ragweed season again. Wish I could breathe tonight!

stupid neighbors.

Following this thread, I got very brave and tried salmon. I used to eat tuna YEARS ago, and I've just taken the 'avoid all' since my last reaction to shellfish.

I can eat salmon!!!! :yahoo: I have a can of tuna to try as well. I'm sure I'll be okay with that too.

This opens many doors as far as my food choices go.. I stopped eating red meat 3+ years back, so I was quite limited in what I could eat for meats.

So now I can have my chicken, turkey, vegetarian substitutes like soy, and fish! Going to try haddock, cod etc as well. :)

(just had to share - I'm so glad I can eat SOME fish, though shellfish is a major major no no, throat tightens just from smelling it).

I miss my Momma's salmon croquetts...yummmmm!!

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.