Weird Medication Reactions

[PM_Mama00]

Ok not that these are a funny situation, but I saw prednisone mentioned in another thread and thought about a funny reaction I had to it.

I thought the prescription said take 3 teaspoons 3 times a day, when it only said take 3 teaspoons per day. (you could take one at a time or whatever) So I go ahead and take all 3 at once. I bowled excellent that night but I just felt like hitting someone. My muscles were all tight and I seriously had this feeling of just hitting someone to see how hard I could hit them. So I come home from bowling, go to take another dosage (3 teaspoons). I take one, and then realize what teh bottle really says. I called my parents freaking out because I thought I was gona overdose and need to get my stomach pumped. I called my ex who was on the same medication and is an ex-druggie and he said I'd be fine. It's pretty funny when I look back on it now.

Anyone else have any stories that now they look back and laugh?

[Buttonz]

I was on penicillin for 5 years, and my docotor started me on an acne med. called Monocyclin *sp?*. Well, about a week later I wound up with 2 trips to the ER the last one resulting in a 2 1/2 day stay due to a reaction between both drugs. I was swollen up and all itchy. It sucked big time.

Great way to start off senior year of highschool, right?

took darvocet or some REALLLLL strong pain killer following an accident , my husband at the time...now EX, was driving us home and i felt like i not could lift my head ,arms or legs

[tunatartare]

Freshman year of college I had sinusitis. I get that pretty often (at least once a year) and my doctor usually gives me amoxicillin for it. When I got it, I went to Health Services at school and they gave me Doxycycline which was supposed to be better because you take less of it, for a shorter period of time. After taking just one pill, I got really nauseous and dizzy and started throwing up, my head was throbbing, my entire body ached, and I was shaking. I seriously felt worse from the medication than from being sick.

[AKA_Monet]

I wound up with a ride in the ambulance and free trip to emergency because my doctor's failed to realize that comprazine interacts with some other meds I was on causing tardive dyskinesia (that's what PDR calls it)...

I had the flu: 103 fever, chills, nausea. They gave me comprazine for the vomiting... Did not give me the best directions for the dayum stuff--take 1 every 6 hours as long as you feel nauseous. So I followed the doctors orders...

The next day, my tougue flattened and pulled back and I couldn't breathe because of it and it was pale, my body contorted and I looked like I had cerebral palsy... Somehow, I made another trip to the doctor and got the same reply from a physcian: "Oh, you're sick, and don't take comprazine unless you're nauseous... " Well, I felt nauseous--so I took the drug like they said I should...

Then the next day same issue...

So, I was driving (don't ask why ) someone back to a bus station and she could only speak Spanish--she told me to stop driving and said "let's call 9-1-1"... I pulled over, and she called on my cell phone, but they couldn't speak Spanish at 9-1-1!!! We're talking SoCal and no Spanish speakers at 9-1-1!!! Anyhow, she hung up, called again and got someone...

Man, did they send out the whole brigade for me!!! I could hear just fine, but couldn't respond and writing was an issue... Then, EMT dude looked at me ONCE and said: "Hey, that looks like a comprazine reaction, hadn't seen one of those in years!!!"

So needless to say, I got a nice drip of benadryl and was told to NEVER take comprazine again by the emergency staff at the hospital...

Oh, and I figured out why I was so nauseous... Since I was vomiting, I really didn't like toilet bowl worshipping, so I didn't eat... I was nauseous because I was hungry--not because being sick...

And at the time, everyone I knew: my parents and my brother was out of town except a close friend of mine that had to pick me up. My parents had to take the flight the next day and get me... :sad:

[aephi alum]

One morning, when I was a senior in college, I woke up and realized that I was coming down with a bad cold and would not make it through the day without medication. I took Drixoral, which is to this day my cold medicine of choice, and I went off to my morning classes.

At noon, I met my then-boyfriend/now-husband for lunch. I was feeling great, and had totally forgotten that I'd taken any meds, so with my lunch, I had a beer.

Then I went off to my afternoon lecture: statistics.

Drixoral + alcohol + statistics = one very sleepy aephi alum.

I'm glad I don't snore.

[Dvyne Evolushun]

Mine was intentional by the Dr. During my last pregnancy I started bleeding heavily while on hospital bedrest (go figure). I was scared to death. The OB/GYN on call took one look at my face and gave me an IV with Phenergan (nausea med) mixed with some kind of pain killer..... Believe me when I tell you - all of a sudden I felt like I was floating on air for the rest of the night. Instant calmness. The Dr. told me that was what it was designed to do.

[xo_kathy]

This didn't end up happening, but I was on a medication once (can't remember what for, I think it was some sort of antibiotic) and it said one of the side effects was "lip smacking"! Can you imagine walking around and suddenly your mouth starts smacking uncontrolably!!!