Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Was treated for unknown infection in knee joint replacement. The replacement knee was removed, and was in nursing home for 3 months trying to get rid of infection with Vanco injected into port twice a day. I had immediate severe itching of head/burning of eyes.throat/swollen tongue/ringing in ears.itching burning rash over entire body/loss of bladder control and diarrhea. Benedryl did not help.Ac ... Show Full Comment

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Was treated for unknown infection in knee joint replacement. The replacement knee was removed, and was in nursing home for 3 months trying to get rid of infection with Vanco injected into port twice a day. I had immediate severe itching of head/burning of eyes.throat/swollen tongue/ringing in ears.itching burning rash over entire body/loss of bladder control and diarrhea. Benedryl did not help.Actually nothing helped all the symptoms I was having. I have been left with colitis which is being treated with Entocort (very expensive). I suspected that I had Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and finally demanded to be taken off this drug. I was told by an excellent Dermatologist that I saved my own life by stopping this treatment. I was very upset that the doctors/nurses in the nursing home did not recognize this as an allergic reaction and continued to inject this into my body. Even the infectious disease specialist did not recognize this and ordered me to continue treatment.I eventually had another artificial knee put in,after suffering and almost losing my life. I try to warn everyone I can, of the symptoms and dangers of this drug...or it can happen with other drugs, as well. This whole horrible episode left me with severe depression, PTS, and other issues.It has been over a year now since this happened, but it will be a lifetime of fear of ever getting into this situation again. The ignorance of the side effects among the professinals who should know better really scares me. I really do believe God was watching over me and I feel blessed to be in as good of shape as I now am, though still left with some issues.
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Reviewer: Ec23, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I was given this drug in doctors office through IV for presumed infection of unknown origin. It almost killed me. I have no other known allergies. Started with extreme itching of scalp, then I got dizzy and violently Ill. Lost all control over bodily function and blood pressure down to 55/35. Spent 5 days in hospital after this episode. Horrible drug and deadly.

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I was given this drug in doctors office through IV for presumed infection of unknown origin. It almost killed me. I have no other known allergies. Started with extreme itching of scalp, then I got dizzy and violently Ill. Lost all control over bodily function and blood pressure down to 55/35. Spent 5 days in hospital after this episode. Horrible drug and deadly.
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Reviewer: aaronswifey, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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was given this medicine for my kidneys well lets just say i looked swollen head to toe i ripped my scalp open scratching so much and i had bulging welps up and down my body it took me over a day to get it to go away and it caused me more trouble than good never again will i take this stuff

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was given this medicine for my kidneys well lets just say i looked swollen head to toe i ripped my scalp open scratching so much and i had bulging welps up and down my body it took me over a day to get it to go away and it caused me more trouble than good never again will i take this stuff
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Reviewer: EES, 65-74 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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ROCEPHIN USED PRIOR TO VANCOMYCIN. SUPPOSED EYE INFECTION, NOT CONFIRMED. ALLERGIC REACTION AT END OF VANCOMYCIN IV.....GIVEN STEROIDS. DIAGNOSIS FOR USE OF IV VANCOMYCIN NOT CONFIRMED. FULL BODY ITCHING, RED, FLAKY RASH FOLLOWING USE AS YET NOT DIAGNOSED AND INCREASING IN SEVERITY. NO RELIEF IN SITE. POSSIBLE YEAST INFECTION??

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ROCEPHIN USED PRIOR TO VANCOMYCIN. SUPPOSED EYE INFECTION, NOT CONFIRMED. ALLERGIC REACTION AT END OF VANCOMYCIN IV.....GIVEN STEROIDS. DIAGNOSIS FOR USE OF IV VANCOMYCIN NOT CONFIRMED. FULL BODY ITCHING, RED, FLAKY RASH FOLLOWING USE AS YET NOT DIAGNOSED AND INCREASING IN SEVERITY. NO RELIEF IN SITE. POSSIBLE YEAST INFECTION??
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Reviewer: princess9912000@yahoo.com, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I went to the ER with a bad skin infection and they gave me this. After 3 minutes, I started having an allergic recation. Including red, hot,and swollen upper body and arm where iv was at, breathing troubles, vision problems, heart rate went thru the roof, and the shaking all over. I even told the nurse it was happening and she said it was just because it was new to my system. I sat there for 10 m ... Show Full Comment

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I went to the ER with a bad skin infection and they gave me this. After 3 minutes, I started having an allergic recation. Including red, hot,and swollen upper body and arm where iv was at, breathing troubles, vision problems, heart rate went thru the roof, and the shaking all over. I even told the nurse it was happening and she said it was just because it was new to my system. I sat there for 10 minutes having all these symptoms getting worse finally my husband made a nurse remove it from my arm. I was in the hospital for a week recovering from vanco. All it turns out I had was a major yeast infection; which was made worse. WOULDN'T RECOMMEND FOR ANYBODY. NOT EVEN MY 3 YEAR OLD WHO HAS MRSA SINCE BIRTH.
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