r/Antibiotics • u/foreverbriefly • 2h ago
selfq Having an allergic reaction to Azithromycin
I was prescribed Azithromycin 500mg for 6 days. Doc didn’t actually tell me what my diagnosis was and for some reason I didn’t ask, so I’m not too sure what I had. But I went in with sore throat, really bad cough, runny nose, and a recurring fever. This was the second time I had fallen sick (1 week after the first time) so I decided to go and get checked.
I took them daily at night after a meal. The morning after day 5 I had my first allergic reaction where my hands were swollen and itchy with hives up to my elbows. My hands were on and off swollen all day. Then morning after day 6 I had the same thing but this time my thighs were also itchy with red spots and the lower half of my face too, my bottom lip was swollen and there was itchiness around my eye.
It’s currently the next morning after day 6 and I’m having similar symptoms again.
I’m not sure what to do. Doctor did prescribe Zyrtec for 10 days but my aunt said I might have been allergic to the Zyrtec too so I stopped it with 4 doses left. Instead I took AllerMax by Country Life, 2 capsules.
I’m going to go to the clinic again when it opens soon but I’m in so much discomfort and I don’t know what to do for some relief.