Stopping antibiotics...WWYD?

[vermontmoms]

My son is sti having hives more like itching welts that appear and then turn into a hive. He can't come off of the benedryl or he gets all splotchy. Our doc pulled him off the omnicef last night. I am wondering if we should stop all antibiotics to see if that will help. I am also concerned if we pull him off he could get strep as Oct is his usual strep occurance.

 

What would you do? I am wondering if his body is reacting to too much antibiotics...

Any advice or been there done that suggestions?

Thanks,

Jen

[dcmom]

I would see if you could get to an allergist, asap. They would be best at determining if this is a true (anaphylactic type) allergy, side effects, or related to a virus/illness. It is important not to just assume it is an allergy, and lose whole classes of antibiotics, especially in a pandas kid!

 

I believe omnicef has a low incidence of true allergy. We saw an allergist for this issue, and he (although Hopkins trained, not a pandas believer, ggrrr) was very helpful and knowledgeable about allergies and antibiotics. (really, IMHO, regular docs should know all this stuff and have this insight if they are going to prescribe the meds, but I digress...)

[vermontmoms]

Our son threw up 3 times on this med and also developed hives. Plus it offered no improvement what-so-ever. Azith was great but now it doesn't work like it did in the beginning.

 

I am wondering if we should try to remove all antibiotics for a while. He is already having lots of tics so what would it hurt?

Thoughts?

[Dedee]

If it were me I would try a different antibiotic. Zith is a good alternative and works well for many. JMHO.

 

Dedee