Hi Plasticmask,
I couldn't agree with you more. I will tell you that the itchy red bumps happened to me also when I went on
Lamictal and that caused a rash, so I ended up seeing a dermatologist who gave me a cream to get rid of the
rash and I went off the lamictal.
There was a time when my family Dr. gave me a antibiotic for pneumonia and when I went to my pharamacy
to get it filled my pharmacist refused to fill it because it would have made my seizure meds toxic. I can't help
but wonder if some of these Drs. don't give out meds to make money only for themself and not think about
the patient. I wish you the best of luck and May God Bless You!
Sue
My dots didn't itch, and they weren't bumps, they were just dots. I reported them since they were new, obviously, logically following that they were related to the Sulfa drug, and since they weren't any manner of actual petechia (sp??) nor rash, he wanted me to do the ten or twenty days to cure my infection and they worked.
I merely wanted to DIE because of the side effects of such a powerful Sulfa drug. I am not kidding either; I kept thinking, "someone just shoot me, please, just shoot me". But they cured me and I didn't have to take them any more.
Two days later I had to go to get one of my quarterly CT scans and was told that it was VERY encouraging, and since everyone (the Docs) consult with everyone else, it was decided that it was the SZ-TMP I think it's called, that had done it. NO growth of the holes. NONE. Zero. Zilch-o-rama.
And now, since I have this new bacterium in my lungs that CAN be killed, the Infectious Disease Dude put me on three different drugs on a very high dosage for an expected two YEARS, to kill it. Three pills at once for two of them, and one other pill, twice daily. Seven pills twice daily for two years, to murder this bacterium. Causes the pill cup to practically FILL UP in the AM and PM, since I'm on so many others as well. The neuros laud the decision, and are anxious for another three months to pass so that we will know whether they're strong enough to be helping my little brain too.
Two of them are partly Sulfa (I looked them up as I always do, thank you MayoClinic.com) but I was promised are okay to take with all of the other stuff. He even used his computer right there, mumbling to himself, and the Wife told me later that he was searching for combinations that were definitely not going to interfere with everything else I'm currently having to take. He took several minutes, she said, mumbling things like "Hey, how about... oh. No, not that one, oh! What about... etc" until he finally chose the combinations that he chose. So, no dots this time. Not feeling a difference yet but it's only been a few weeks and so it's a bit soon to expect anything.
It's the constant coughing that's driving me bats, and the total lack of energy from the new Rxs.
Should I live long enough to make it through this regimen, I shouldn't cough quite so long nor as often. Looking forward to that very much.
I'm lucky, I guess, since I feel that I can trust all of my Docs completely. I don't care if they're after my insurance money; they are welcome to it because they actually seem to care and actually seem to be helping me.
Plus the Epilepsy Team of four always see me at the same time in a big room that makes me feel like a very small Lab Rat in a very big cage. I asked them once where my running-wheel was, and only two of them got the joke. (shrug) THEY are my priority Docs. They seem sincerely fascinated with me. Dunno exactly what sets me apart.
Oh, and peace to you as well.
