Ever had a crazy/rare side effect to a common drug?

[J/T Gramdma]

I am allergic to Tylenol in all forms. Back in the 70's all over the counter had aspirin as the pain killer. When 'Contact' switched to Tylenol, I got the chills and my temp actually reached 106.4. They were getting ready to put me in an ice bath and the headache, I thought my head was going to split in two. They sent me to x-ray and it was on the 7th floor. WE went to the 16th flr and down to the 7th, my stomach emptied and the temp and headache went to allmost nothing.
In the 70's Tylenol was the wonder drug of now and the future. The doctors did not believe me and I had more than one doctor prescribe it and tell me I was wrong. One dr stood there and chewed me out for even mentioning it.
Needless to say, I throughly double checked every drug I was given before I took it.
Nowadays the doctors acknowledge that there can be a reaction to the drug.
Three to five % of the population has a reaction to it. Definitely not a lot of people. Most doctors have never met someone allergic to Tylenol.

 

[Chuck S]

I had a rare reaction to fenofibrate (Tricor) for high triglycerides. My liver shut down, and I was sick, sick, sick. Recovered within a few days of discontinuing the drug.

Oh, and when I was in the hospital for a snake bite, they gave me morphine, it didn't do anything...I wasn't loopy at all and still in severe pain. Demerol worked, though.

 

[worm761]

Was it Lamictal? I was scared I'd end up getting the rash

Yes, that was the drug! I forgot the name.

 

[judypriv]

I took a slug of mom's hydrocodone cough syrup a few months ago before work. By the time I got settled at work, I was passing out on my desk, falling down off my chair, hearing things and seeing things. I had to get my husband to come and get me and I fell asleep at 8:00 PM and slept for 11 hours straight.

 

[cassiez76]

i'm trying to make the medical books.

dr put me on an anti-depressant and my eyes would dilate. so much so that when i went to the eye dr he didn't need to use the drops on me. but nobody realized it was that medicine. finally had to go to a neurologist. he looked in 2 of the books and it was the last item stated. may cause dilated pupils.

one of the blood pressure medicine's i was on didn't have a warning label about sun exposure. where did i go shortly after being on said med? disney world. with tank tops. i had hives and no clue why. for 8 days. that was a crazy trip to begin with and then to get hives just topped it off.

had a flu shot and was on antibotics and then a week later i got sick. dr's couldn't figure that one out. only thing i had was swollen lymph nodes. about 2 weeks after i was feeling better dr's figured out it was a different strain of flu.

and just last week i found out i'm allergic to penicillian. i've taken it before and no problems, but i had big red itchy welts everywhere. it was crazy...you could see them popping out just looking at me. of course that was a friday after 5 and the walgreens pharmacy people were like uhhhh we don't know, but if that's the only thing you have done, it's probably that. that lasted a few days.

i don't do anything the normal way.

 

[kimblebee]

Advil puts me to sleep. Also, solumedrol (a steroid) makes me hallucinate. Last time I was on it I saw spiders crawling up the walls after day 4.