My daughter was given the wrong medication by our pharmacy. Which caused a severe allergic reaction(Rash). I'm trying to find out what other testing needs to be done to ensure that no other problems were caused by this medication.
2007-02-25 23:51:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Allergies
If you know the name of the medication and take her to an allergist, they can test her (whether it is patch, scratch or intradermal testing) for the group of medications that would include the medication she has taken. Just because there is a reaction to one drug, doesn't mean that there aren't other medications of the same nature that wouldn't do the same thing.
Ex: I am allergic to Solarcaine (for sunburns), I was patch tested and found out I am also allergic to Novocain as well.
2007-02-26 08:25:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key is to first determine the type of drug. For some drugs, rash is a side effect. Also, some drugs cause skin sensitivity.
If there were any other problems, they would have appeared, most likely, by now. If I knew the drug name, I could tell you how long it stays in the body.
This is not an area of doctor expertise. Just keep that in mind when you talk about this to your doctor. If this is determined to be an allergic reaction, you will need to add this to your daughter's medication profile.
2007-02-26 08:14:19 · answer #2 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as she is getting better, there may not need to be any more testing. But if the rash is itchy and not getting better, she should really see the doctor. Sometimes they need to put a person on Prednisone therapy to counteract the rash or give them something for itching. Other than that, always remember what that medicine was so that she never takes it again. I never heard of a pharmacy making that kind of a mistake - that is really terrible. I'd bring my daughter in to the pharmacist and show him what his mistake did!!!!
2007-02-26 06:29:44 · answer #3 · answered by hana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's happened to my sister a couple times. I wouldn't worry too much about it. It might last a couple, even 3 days, but it'll go away and my sister has never had any problems. She just had a weird red, splotchy rash all over her.
2007-02-26 14:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by abacus314 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The surest way is to bring her to your doctor and tell him or her. The doc may order a blood test and take it from there.
2007-02-25 23:56:26 · answer #5 · answered by Yafooey! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋