--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <chris.thornton@...>
wrote:
>Boy thats a bummer the same thing happened to a girl in the office
where i go for my shots she told me she has been on the shots for
about two years with no problems i was there getting my jab right
after it happened she had a pretty bad reaction about 15 minutes
after the shot. first she started getting itchy then started to
break out in hives then couldnt breath until they gave her a shot of
epi-pen that cleared it up! but she still had to stay several hours
after!! she told me it was the second time it happened so they
backed her to a lower dose and built it back up to maintenance! that
was 8 months ago shes been doing fine eversince!! the doctor says
shes the only patient he has ever seen have a bad reaction to the
maintenance dose on the other hand he said he has seen reactions
during the build up phase plenty of times!! the funny thing about it
is shes been stung several times since she has been on maintenance
with nothing more than a normal local reaction infact on one
occasion she got stung 4 times by yellowjackets+6 times another time
no problem not once needing epi-pen- yet she has a reaction to a
maintenance dose i think they may have split her dose like you and
David get two seperate 50mg jabs!! i myself get the full dose in
one shot honeybee 100mg + a seperate shot mixed vespid 300mg thats 3
times the amount of the standard dose!! Rich
> Hi Guys,
> Had a bit of a bad day yesterday.
> After having been on maintenance for over a year (albeit on split
> doses initially, then moving up to a full single dose for the last
4
> months), I was not expecting anything unusual yesterday. However,
3
> minutes after the jab, I had a severe reaction (blood presure
through
> the floor, struggling to breath, nausia, tight chest and
apparently I
> turned bright red) which resulted in the use of an epipen, amongst
> other stuff, and lots of panicked activity on the ward. I have had
> several mild reactions during the initiation and early parts of
the
> maintenance stages, but I have had no reactions at all for several
> months now, so this came as a huge shock and a big
dissappointment.
> My Consultant (who was immediately consulted) thinks I should take
a
> reduced dose next month and if that is OK, then all my jabs from
here
> on should be split, so quite a set-back really.
> But what caused it? There seems to be no clear explanation.
> I guess that the one good thing that came out of it is that the
least
> traumatic experience of the whole thing was the use of the epipen;
so
> I will have no qualms using one in the future if the need ever
arises.
> Hope you are all well.
> Chris
> (Feeling a little battered and subdued)
>