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D.N.
At Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Anonymous wrote:
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>I have had 4 allergic reactions(?) to various drugs in the last 5 weeks.
>All of these resulted in hives. Three of the drugs were in the same
>class of drugs, so their components were probably very similar. The
>last drug, however, was a Lupron injection on August 1, which is in an
>entirely different class of drugs. My doctor did not believe that I
>could be allergic to the Lupron, so he has tested for diabetes and done
>a chemistry panel, which revealed nothing other than elevated lipid
>levels. I have been taking Atarax for the last 5 days, but the hives
>are not stopping and in fact, in the last day have started to get worse
>again. I believe I heard somewhere that someone had another allergic
>reaction triggered around 15 days after their injection, which is about
>where I am. Does the fact that the Atarax is not working seem to
>indicate that I might indeed be allergic to the Lupron? I'm not sure
>what to do. I won't see my doctor again for 9 days, and I don't want to
>keep bothering him (I've have had to see him and/or talk to him on the
>phone at least once a week for the last 5 weeks). My doctor wanted me
>to take the Atarax for 5 days, which would have ended yesterday. I
>don't know whether to keep taking it or just give up and itch. It seems
>like if the Atarax is not helping, there is no point in taking it.
>
>Any suggestions or helpful advice? Thank you.
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