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Hi! I am back again. I have been having bicillin LA 1.2mg since last november,one a fortnight combined with orals.I started to slip so the doc doubled the dose in about july. Then they withdrew the bicillin LA from the market over here and replaced it with Pan Benzathine from France.This new drug is not long acting so they have increased my dose to two lots of 1.2 mg per week.
The new shots were too painful so they started mixing it with lignocaine.This meant that each single injection had to be put into 2 syringes as it was too much solution to put into one site.So now I am having 2 shots on a monday and 2 on a thursday.
The problem is that they are now having trouble getting it to go in.I have massive bruising which is not going away.My whole hip area is different shades of permanent bruises and the last shot has left a hard lump like a cyst.They are now having to inject more times because the first sites they choose the injection just won't inject any more.
The nurses believe it is because of scar tissue and are trying to use my thighs and the same thing is happening. Humungous bruises which take 2 weeks to disappear. They are worried that the bicillin is causing the muscle to atrophy and may cause the muscle permanent damage.
At the moment the whole process is becoming very painful and distressing.
We are using 22 guage syringes ,but this is still happening.
I am slipping as well because the new drug is not long acting.
What do you think I should do? Has anyone else experienced this??
Really need your help on this one as I am at a loss of what to do and I don't want to go back on IV's if possible.
Thanks,Sue.
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You and your Dr. need to find a different med for you if you can't get the Bicillin anymore. What you are using obviously is not working and is causing tissue injury.
The whole idea with Bicillin LA was a low, steady dose that was gradually released over a couple of weeks. If the substitute is not of this slow release variety, you are not getting the same effect with it anyway, even if they could solve the injection problem.
In any case you need to let that heal for awhile.
Most being treated with ABX need to rotate to a different med once in awhile anyway.
Are orals an option? I was listening to a lecture by the past ILADS President, and his stated preference in many cases is just plain old oral Tetracycline. He gave some good reasons.
I take it there is a reason that you are mentioning IM or IV as your options.
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