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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 116621" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 3 has actually had an allergic reaction to an antihistamine. Anything is possible. And I had a sensitivity reaction to another, which gave me symptoms of stomach upset, nausea, bloating - not good.</p><p></p><p>A medication can contain not only the active ingredient, but other inactive 'identifiers' and carriers. For example, medications are supposed to be able to be identified by how they look. The markings on a pill, the colours on a capsule - all are important and registered as identifying marks. But if you happen to be allergic to one of the colours used in the capsule, for example, or something included as a filler in a pill, then you could be reacting to that and not the active ingredient.</p><p>difficult child 3 was given a brand of liquid pseudephedrine, to treat sinus congestion in a bad cold. A few days later he developed an allergy rash. it took us a few days to try to identify what was causing the rash. We narrowed it down to the liquid pseudephedrine, and took a risk and challenged with a pseudephedrine tablet. No reaction. Then a week or so later, easy child 2/difficult child 2 gave difficult child 3 a packet of sweets she had bought but didn't like the taste of. He reacted - so we looked at ALL the ingredients of the liquid medication he had reacted to, and ALL the ingredients of the sweets, and found ONE thing in common - a specific red food colouring which he now must avoid.</p><p></p><p>I've had a similar thing happen to me, only it was the purple colouring. And again, it was in my medications. I changed the dosage (which changed the identifying colour) and the allergy eased. I then went looking for sweets that were coloured with that particular colour - and reacted.</p><p></p><p>So it's a good idea to get a list of EVERY ingredient of a medication you reacted to, to see if maybe it's something else that caused the problem.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 116621, member: 1991"] difficult child 3 has actually had an allergic reaction to an antihistamine. Anything is possible. And I had a sensitivity reaction to another, which gave me symptoms of stomach upset, nausea, bloating - not good. A medication can contain not only the active ingredient, but other inactive 'identifiers' and carriers. For example, medications are supposed to be able to be identified by how they look. The markings on a pill, the colours on a capsule - all are important and registered as identifying marks. But if you happen to be allergic to one of the colours used in the capsule, for example, or something included as a filler in a pill, then you could be reacting to that and not the active ingredient. difficult child 3 was given a brand of liquid pseudephedrine, to treat sinus congestion in a bad cold. A few days later he developed an allergy rash. it took us a few days to try to identify what was causing the rash. We narrowed it down to the liquid pseudephedrine, and took a risk and challenged with a pseudephedrine tablet. No reaction. Then a week or so later, easy child 2/difficult child 2 gave difficult child 3 a packet of sweets she had bought but didn't like the taste of. He reacted - so we looked at ALL the ingredients of the liquid medication he had reacted to, and ALL the ingredients of the sweets, and found ONE thing in common - a specific red food colouring which he now must avoid. I've had a similar thing happen to me, only it was the purple colouring. And again, it was in my medications. I changed the dosage (which changed the identifying colour) and the allergy eased. I then went looking for sweets that were coloured with that particular colour - and reacted. So it's a good idea to get a list of EVERY ingredient of a medication you reacted to, to see if maybe it's something else that caused the problem. Marg [/QUOTE]
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