I am allergic to pennicillin so I cannot have amoxicillin, but someone had an amoxicillin shot today and they said the Dr. gave a numbing shot with it so it wouldn't hurt so bad. It was 800mg of amoxicillin I guess if this means anything. Now she says that her whole left side is numb. Does anyone know anything about this? I don't know if this is BS or the Dr. sucks. I said I was going to talk to the Dr. and she got defensive and said she was fine...uh, I'm not a nurse or anything, but being numb is usually not fine. I'm worried cause this is my Dr. as well, and supposedly she passed out for 10 minutes and then they sent her home with a numb leg. I don't want to go to some crack-head Dr. who numbs people then sends them home.
2007-04-20 10:11:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It's BS. Amoxicillin comes in an oral dose only. Ampicillin comes in injections, but typically it is not given as an in-the-butt type of shot.
However, if she is getting that as an injection, that would be worrisome.
I have seen some people mix a bit of lidocaine into some of the thicker preparations of injections but lidocaine stings so I never do it.
In addition, if someone passes out from an injection, the time of unconsciousness lasts less than 15 seconds.
Your friend is telling you a whopper of a lie.
2007-04-20 15:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a misunderstanding somewhere. Amoxicillin isn't given in injections. There are some antibiotics that are mixed with lidocaine (local anesthetic) to decrease the pain of injection, but the anesthesia is only partial and very local. It wouldn't numb the whole leg unless they gave the shot in the wrong place, which doctors and nurses know better than to do. The shots are given in the upper outer quarter of the buttock to avoid the sciatic nerve in the lower inner quarter, a substantial margin of safety. I suspect your acquaintance is either pulling your chain or misinformed.
2007-04-20 14:50:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We often don't give a numbing shot along with the amoxycillin because we often give it intravenously.
However, patients who have a large dose of any medicine given intramuscularly may find it painful. It is not uncommon to find that doctors or nurses giving these injections will mix a little bit of anaesthetic in with the medicine to make the injection less painful.
On the other hand, her statement that her leg went numb sounds a bit suspicious.
It is possible also with intramuscular injections to hit the sciatic nerve that supplies the leg. Doctors and nurses giving this type of injection are usually taught how to avoid the nerve.
It DOES sound a little suspicious, on the whole.
2007-04-20 14:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 07:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by emilios 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋