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The following groups of medicines sometimes produce a dangerous reaction called ALLERGIC SHOCK a short time after injection:
- penicillin (including amplicillin)
- antitoxins that are made from horse serum.
. The risk of a serious reaction is greater in a person who had previously been injected with one of these medicines or with another medicine of the same group.
This risk is especially great if the medicine caused an allergic reaction ( hives, itching, swelling, or trouble breathing) a few hours or hours or days after the injection was given.
Rarely,Allergic shock may result from the sting of a wasp or bee or from medicine taken by mouth.
To prevent a serious reaction from an injection:
1. Use injections on only when absolutely necessary. It us safer under medical supervision.
2. Before injecting one of the medicines listed above, always have ready 2 ampules of Adrenalin and an ampule of an antihistamine like promethazine or diphenhydramine.
3. Before injecting, always ask if at any other time a similar injection causes itching or other reactions. If the person says yes, do not use this medicine or any other medicine of the same group, either injected or taken by mouth.
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- penicillin (including amplicillin)
- antitoxins that are made from horse serum.
. The risk of a serious reaction is greater in a person who had previously been injected with one of these medicines or with another medicine of the same group.
This risk is especially great if the medicine caused an allergic reaction ( hives, itching, swelling, or trouble breathing) a few hours or hours or days after the injection was given.
Rarely,Allergic shock may result from the sting of a wasp or bee or from medicine taken by mouth.
To prevent a serious reaction from an injection:
1. Use injections on only when absolutely necessary. It us safer under medical supervision.
2. Before injecting one of the medicines listed above, always have ready 2 ampules of Adrenalin and an ampule of an antihistamine like promethazine or diphenhydramine.
3. Before injecting, always ask if at any other time a similar injection causes itching or other reactions. If the person says yes, do not use this medicine or any other medicine of the same group, either injected or taken by mouth.
What can you say about this ? Your idea can go along way.
