Septra and other sulfate type things

topic posted Thu, April 3, 2008 - 3:52 AM by  Kitty
Anyone allergic or hypersensitive to septra or anything like it? It would be helpful to have as many responses as possible. Will explain.
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Kitty
  • Re: Septra and other sulfate type things

    Thu, April 3, 2008 - 11:22 AM
    I know I tested as allergic to 'sulfa' drugs back a couple of decades -- and based on the couple times I've tried it, MSM (aka 'organic sulfur') seems to make me sick too (which lead me to conclude that all sulphur-ish compounds might be best fer me to avoid...)
  • Re: Septra and other sulfate type things

    Sun, April 6, 2008 - 1:04 AM
    I proudly raise my hand and say anything with sulfer in it gets me into trouble. Like for instance those lovely COX-2 drugs Celebrex, Vioxx, Bextra, and whatever the other one is...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr cause it would be nice to have something that might help a bit more with the joint pain, but alas it is not meant to be <sigh> . The thing is I have had to remind more than one doctor that I am allergic to it when they start prescribing meds (even though they were staring at my chart as they attempted to do so-IDIOTS). Thankfully I have some better docs now, but I wonder is there a list somewhere of all the medications containing sulfer/sulfa. It would be good to have in hand- I only caught those old docs b/c I happened to know something about the particular med they were trying to prescribe.
    • Re: Septra and other sulfate type things

      Sun, April 6, 2008 - 1:14 AM
      [after flipping back thru the Wikipedia entry on Vioxx]

      Huh, I never realized there wuz sulfur in Vioxx -- which means that's at least *one* sulfur-containing med I never reacted badly to (at least back when it wuz still available, dernded it all anyhoo [sigh]...)

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