I looked through old posts, but could not find what I was looking for.
Daughter seems to have problems tolerating most meds, supplements, etc.
Recently had a Iv Meyers cocktail, it was dripping very, very slowly as too fast makes her dizzy.
This time half way through, she said it felt like a bad, bad muscle spasm and then it felt like the medicine was going through her veins.
Nurse stopped the Iv as of course daughter was very upset over experience.
Any one ever have an experience like this?
Posted by MichaelTampa (Member # 24868) on :
I've had them maybe about 5 times. Most times went fine. One time it did go very slow and hurt a lot and took forever and eventually stopped a little on the early side. No muscle spasm, but just hurt a lot.
Posted by Jane2904 (Member # 15917) on :
Thanks Mike. Sorry you experienced pain
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Posted by LymeAware (Member # 26195) on :
Hi Jane,
I'm so sorry to hear that your daughter had this kind of pain. Does not sound like fun at all.
Has she had IVs before without this experience?
The first time I started having IV cocktails done (not sure if it was meyers to the T, but probably something close), my doctor (who did the IVs) told me to let her know if I ever had strong pain and increasing pressure around the insertion site shortly after an IV started. Unfortunately I can't remember the specifics, but I'm pretty sure she said that sometimes (rarely, but sometimes), if the needle is inserted at the wrong angle it can go through the vein and kind of out the other side. If that were to happen, the IV medicine wouldn't actually be going into my bloodstream, and instead would start filling the tissue around the insertion site.
This would be increasingly painful and cause increased pressure. I can't remember for sure, but I think another sign was if you pressed around that area and the pain and pressure increased.
I thought of this from your story because, in a way, this would literally be a case of "the medicine going through her veins" -- as she put it. From what my doctor said, it didn't sound like that would be pleasant at all!
So, I have no idea if that's what happened in your daughter's case, but if it was, the good news is that it's unlikely that it would happen again. And, she could report if she started having that kind of discomfort again so that they could probably stop it and reinsert the IV.
If that is what happened, I would think that the nurse would know of that potential, but who knows. Anyway, I'm obviously no expert, but thought I'd share that idea. Good luck! I hope she has better experiences in the future.
Posted by Jane2904 (Member # 15917) on :
Thanks Lyme aware, I will keep that in mind.
Daughters discomfort was in her chest.
Posted by lymeinhell (Member # 4622) on :
Was probably the magnesium in the IV releasing muscle spazms. Magnesium is a vaso dialator.
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