I was talking to one of hte nurses tonight on prac and said i cant take maxalon and so i told her the whole story, and she's like wow, its so rare to see a reaction to it, and she's been nurseing for a while now.. The hospitals have a post op nausea and vomiting protocol and they just give a few antiemetic options starting with maxalon and if they react, to get the cogentin (benztropine). When the ER doc gave it to me, I was like hmm ive heard that somewhere.
But im not sure if its an allergy or just a adverse reaction. MIMS which is the med info booklet says that dystonic recctions are an adverse reaction...which doesnt say allergy or reaction?
THe nruse said it was probably a build up./kinda immunity andthen i had a whole lot more and that caused the reacton.
I think the ER doc said stemetil woudlnt be good idea either. But tehre are other ones that can be given.
One AIN at work who's training to be a doctor said that the reason i got the slight tongue out in the morning after was coz of all the anaestetics etc that my system was trying to get out and so there was like a build up of the maxalon.
So yeah i dont know....but one thing for sure, I am not taking maxalon ever again haha. Dont want to risk it again. Its a horrible thing to experience. If i had known that it was a reaction to the drug, id have gotten myself to the ER as soon as i started getting the tongue out even slightly for a few minutes! THe day surgery nurse said it was fine, and thats what i thought too considering they put a local in your tongue and stuff....oh well. I think i did overdose on the Tuesday-6am, 10am, 2pm, maybe 6pm, and 10pm, so thats like 50mg of maxalon, its meant to be 3 times a day, not every 4-6hrs!!! I was just stupidly taking it to prevent nausea,...had a bit of dizziness and stuff on the tues when i was walking aroun but yeah.
its so strange too though when I had the reaction, coz i was like with it, and lucid but i wasnt, if you know what i mean...i guess i was like slower! Its so funny when my brother said the other wk if i noticed pple screaming and stuff in the er coz of pain etc and im liek ahhhhh what people with pain? LIke i knew it was busy coz i got wheeled to the corridor and stuff and mustve falled asleep coz i woke up in a different area.
After getting the valium, that was when i needed maxalon, coz that jsut really sedates you and makes you feel dizzy and with my dystonic reaction i was already off the planet kinda lol. So when i had the cogentin i was REALLY dizzy. I had to get mum and a nurse to hold an arm while i went to the loo, and my brother standing right behind me lol.
But im not sure if its an allergy or just a adverse reaction. MIMS which is the med info booklet says that dystonic recctions are an adverse reaction...which doesnt say allergy or reaction?
THe nruse said it was probably a build up./kinda immunity andthen i had a whole lot more and that caused the reacton.
I think the ER doc said stemetil woudlnt be good idea either. But tehre are other ones that can be given.
One AIN at work who's training to be a doctor said that the reason i got the slight tongue out in the morning after was coz of all the anaestetics etc that my system was trying to get out and so there was like a build up of the maxalon.
So yeah i dont know....but one thing for sure, I am not taking maxalon ever again haha. Dont want to risk it again. Its a horrible thing to experience. If i had known that it was a reaction to the drug, id have gotten myself to the ER as soon as i started getting the tongue out even slightly for a few minutes! THe day surgery nurse said it was fine, and thats what i thought too considering they put a local in your tongue and stuff....oh well. I think i did overdose on the Tuesday-6am, 10am, 2pm, maybe 6pm, and 10pm, so thats like 50mg of maxalon, its meant to be 3 times a day, not every 4-6hrs!!! I was just stupidly taking it to prevent nausea,...had a bit of dizziness and stuff on the tues when i was walking aroun but yeah.
its so strange too though when I had the reaction, coz i was like with it, and lucid but i wasnt, if you know what i mean...i guess i was like slower! Its so funny when my brother said the other wk if i noticed pple screaming and stuff in the er coz of pain etc and im liek ahhhhh what people with pain? LIke i knew it was busy coz i got wheeled to the corridor and stuff and mustve falled asleep coz i woke up in a different area.
After getting the valium, that was when i needed maxalon, coz that jsut really sedates you and makes you feel dizzy and with my dystonic reaction i was already off the planet kinda lol. So when i had the cogentin i was REALLY dizzy. I had to get mum and a nurse to hold an arm while i went to the loo, and my brother standing right behind me lol.
