Is this a common reaction?

[bassfishinaddict]

I took hydrocone years ago for 5 years consectively and I never had any sort of severe allergic reaction to it; however, this past year I took a half of one and i had a rash on the bottom portion of my face, neck and rt. shoulder. Is this an allergic reaction or part of the narcotics affects? I wish I knew whether or not to try this medication again. Any help into it is greatly appreciated.

[bassfishinaddict]

btw, I meant as used for pain management for severe pain.

Alex

[Mark N]

I wouldn't think that the med would be the cause of the rash but it is possible your body has changed and is now allergic to it. I would be careful about using it again and would definitely let your doctor know about this before starting again.

[moose53]

Fish,

It might also be that the fillers and dyes and things are different in this version.

Are you taking a generic or a branded?? If it's a generic, you might ask your doctor AND your pharmacist to take a look at the ingredients and also take a look at a different brand.

People seem to forget that pharmacists are a wonderful resource when you're having a problem with your meds. They've gone to school for this :rolleyes: They actually know more than doctors do about drug interactions and allergic reactions.

If you've been going to the same pharmacy, they might also have a record of what brand you took back-when. If they or the doctor have this info, it might make it easier to track down what the problem is.

From my understanding of developing allergies, you have to take a drug twice -- once to sensitize your body and the second time to develop the reaction. BUT, there's no time limit on developing a reaction.

Good luck.

Barb

PS: One more thing: if you're taking a different combination of drugs now than you were five years ago, maybe it's the combination that's the problem. I know when I took that drug after I had my gall bladder removed, it resolved the pain beautifully, but it caused me such itching I wanted to rip my skin off and throw it into the washing machine http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/moose53/MINIS/ACTIVITIES/laundry.gif

[bassfishinaddict]

yep i will look at it closely. Drab, there once was a day :D

[Kandra]

I took hydrocone years ago for 5 years consectively and I never had any sort of severe allergic reaction to it; however, this past year I took a half of one and i had a rash on the bottom portion of my face, neck and rt. shoulder. Is this an allergic reaction or part of the narcotics affects? I wish I knew whether or not to try this medication again. Any help into it is greatly appreciated.

I used to be able to take codeine...UNTIL I started Coumadin..then became allergic to it...rash etc, especially on my palms.

It's possible it's an allergic reaction and as the others have mentioned it may be due to different brand/fillers etc. (altho my docs NEVER believe that!).

I'd be very careful about taking it again and plz. check with your pharmacist before doing so...and have some Benadryl around.


Kandra

[BrokenBladder]

Fish,

It could be an allergic reaction but I would suggest talking to your doctor or phamacist. Like the other posters said it could be another med that's conflicting with the hydroodone.

BTW, I love your screen name!! My oldest son is crazy about bass fishing and has been very good at it for a little over 10 years now which is saying alot since he's only 19 years old. I don't know where you live, but we're in Florida and there's lots of great lakes here.

[bassfishinaddict]

Thanks much for the advice. I talked to the pharmacist and she said that the rash is an allergic reaction to whatever I took. Also said codeine is the derivitive of hydrocodone. So I'll stay with that conclusion as the culprit because I wasn't taking any other meds. at the time. I'm wondering if it's more than just codeine because I remember that when I took a couple recreational puffs on a Jay years after my surgery I had a big cherry mark on my neck. I may be allergic to all narcotics.

Lisa, I'm in NC. We've got a pond, but there's great fishin spots and lakes that run through the NC and SC into Georgia, but I envy yalls bass fishin, lil inlets all over the place. Take care.

Alex