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Drug rash from Gabapentin/Dihydrocodeine? Anyone else?

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In the past month I’ve noticed a drug rash from Gabapentin and/or Dihydrocodeine.

It’s on my face and neck and chest. It’s not itchy but is hot and comes on after my last dose at bedtime.

It’s not anaphylaxis (I’m a retired Paramedic) but just wondered if anyone else had experienced this?

Thank you!

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SueJohnson

Both can but it is more likely the Dihydrocodeine. Try taking each at a different time of day to see which is the one

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Islay9 in reply toSueJohnson

Good to know, thank you Sue!

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SueJohnson in reply toIslay9

See my edited response.

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Islay9 in reply toSueJohnson

Good idea. I’m now starting to think that it comes on later and I take one D last thing with the last G. So yes it’s probably it that. I’ll pay more attention to that now and separate them. Thanks again!

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Lapsedrunner

you could go and chat with your pharmacist

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Islay9 in reply toLapsedrunner

True.

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Bernaldi

I'd guess a mast cell reaction which is "less than" anaphylaxis. I've recently had to deal with mast cell activation in a pretty big way, and on my NMD's advice started quercetin 1g three times a day. Not only did it get rid of the obvious mast cell reaction, but all my hay fever simply disappeared. Now that the pollen count has gone down here, I was able to go off the quercetin and everything is ok. I learned that allergic reactions happen when the number of things you might be allergic to reaches a certain point, and then you react to all of them. When the "mountain of allergens" becomes more of a molehill, you stop reacting.

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Islay9 in reply toBernaldi

That’s interesting, thanks!

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