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20 November 2006

Does Amoxicillin make anyone else all itchy? [More:]I have to take it for an ear infection, and it's driving me fucking crazy!
You might be allergic. I took some for a sinus infection when I was in high school, and I ended up missing a week with a full-body glowing red rash.
posted by black bile 20 November | 12:15
Second possible allergy. Does the same thing to my husband.
posted by gaspode 20 November | 12:17
Is it the kind of allergy that you, y'know, die from?
posted by interrobang 20 November | 12:17
Um.... I think (NOT a doctor) that anaphylaxis does occur, but it's more rare than itching and hives, but you should call your dr. regardless.
posted by gaspode 20 November | 12:21
I just scratched most of the skin off my body. I think I screamed a lot too, but I was in a haze of misery and Benadryl so I might be misremembering.
posted by black bile 20 November | 12:21
Definitely call your doctor. Google seems to indicate that anaphylaxis does sometimes result.
posted by black bile 20 November | 12:27
The pharmacist just told me to take an antihistamine.
posted by interrobang 20 November | 12:29
You could probably ask for a different antibiotic if it gets too bad. My problem was that my doctor assumed that I was allergic to something else when I reported my itchiness, and gave me a shot of amoxicillin in addition to the pills, which caused a rather extreme reaction. Damn you, Dr. Petersen!!!
posted by black bile 20 November | 12:38
Yes, call your doctor immediately and get on something else. You are allergic. It's possible he will tell you to take an antihistamine, but don't wait until it gets worse, this is potentially very dangerous.
posted by Specklet 20 November | 12:42
I had a severe allergic reaction to an antibiotic that started with itchy feet and palms. Stop the antibiotic if there's any question, take the antihistimine (the sooner you take it the more effective it is against the allergy), and call your doctor a.s.a.p. If you start to swell or have any problems breathing, go to the emergency room. (I swelled up like Veruca Salt in Chocolate Factory; required I.V. steroids by the time I got to the hospital, a couple hours later; did the trick.)
posted by Pips 20 November | 12:48
I've been taking three a day since Friday night. Think it's still that dangerous? I don't actually have a doctor, since I don't have a job or heath insurance. I went to the emergency room for a burst eardrum, and was prescribed the Amoxicyllin and some eardrops--which burned, so I stopped taking them.
posted by interrobang 20 November | 12:49
Call the emergency room, ask 'em about your itchies and about the burning eardrops.
posted by Specklet 20 November | 13:07
I don't know... Not a doc, I'm afraid; I'd still look into it, though. Maybe the ER would switch your medication if you called? You may have to go back in, though. Hope you feel better.

(On preview: what specklet said.)
posted by Pips 20 November | 13:10
What Specklet said (call the doctor and stop taking it). I once took a med to quit smoking that caused me to itch. After researching on PubMed, I found out my symptoms had led to a few deaths (!!), so the nurse who told me to take antihistamines was slightly wrong. Good luck.
posted by sleepy_pete 20 November | 15:04
It took my little one 3 days to develop a reaction to amoxicillin. It started as itching and then became frightening looking, but that was the worst of it. I asked if it could kill her and they told me that if all she got was a rash, a rash was all she was going to get. (But that was from a pediatric epidemiologist, so the assessment likely does not apply to you.)

Stop taking it and get something different. Something that doesn't end in "cillin."

And tell them the ear drops burn. It's possible they're supposed to.

Then report back to us and let us know you're OK before taking a nap and healing up.
posted by jrossi4r 20 November | 15:35
I've taken amoxycillin a few times and the only side-effect I ever had was that starchy food tasted funny. So I would say your experience is not standard. Oh, I also took some non-penicillin antibiotics once (can't remember the name) and they didn't help at all. YMMV.
posted by nomis 20 November | 16:40
It took six weeks of taking wellbutrin xl for me to develop a pretty severe allergic reaction. Once I got the itchies on my hands and feet it was about 6-10 hours before huge welt-like things developed on my arms and legs. By the time I got in to see my doctor a couple hours later those welt-like things were everywhere. There was not an inch on my body that did not itch.

Get your prescription changed! If you have any chest tightness or difficulty breathing get to the ER!
posted by fluffy battle kitten 20 November | 22:33
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