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Topic: Anyone on Vancomyicin?

sad1
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Dr. wants to start IV vanco. next week. Any thoughts, experiences, etc? Infusion nurse says its a tricky drug to deal with.

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Razzle
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I had a bad reaction to it...my doctor told me it was an allergic reaction but I'm not completely sure.

About half-way through the infusion, I started getting really itchy on my head, neck and upper torso (chest, upper back). Then, I got light-headed. And then, I got really, really severe burning pain in my bladder that radiated down both legs. I was writhing in agony and screaming because it hurt so bad.

Benadryl stopped all these symptoms within a few minutes, and I've been told not to use Vancomycin ever again. But I'm not sure if the issues I experienced were from an allergic reaction or from a herx. I've never had anything else do this to me.

Erythromycin, which I think is related to Vancomycin, caused a rash on my chest and abdomen, and gave me diarrhea and nausea/vomiting (all stopped with a dose of IV Benadryl), so that too is listed as an allergy for me...

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-Razzle
Lyme IgM IGeneX Pos. 18+++, 23-25+, 30++, 31+, 34++, 39 IND, 83-93 IND; IgG IGeneX Neg. 30+, 39 IND; Mayo/CDC Pos. IgM 23+, 39+; IgG Mayo/CDC Neg. band 41+; Bart. (clinical dx; Fry Labs neg. for all coinfections), sx >30 yrs.

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