Hi, I was diagnosed with Shingles 5 days ago and have been on the following meds for 5 days. I am having a bunch of skin reactions and wonder if I am hypersensitive to one of them, and if so which one.
Percoset (7.5 Oxycodone. 3.25 Acetaminophen, 1 pill every 6 hours), Prednisone (20mg; 3 pills for 3days, 2 pills for 3days, 1 pill for 3days), and Acyclovir 800mg (1 tab, 5 times per day, for 7 days).
I am having a couple of skin reactions above and beyond the shingles "pox." First, I am developing little pin point spots of blood showing up all over my body (not in the Pox areas). They are tiny, pore sized, blood blisters(?) the size of a pin *****. They are smooth, plump, not itchy, bright red when they appear, fading to dark red over days. Second, I am having a deep red flush to my checks, neck, and upper chest/clavicle area, fingers, toes, knees. Third, mild itching on scalp and forehead.
In addition I am now having chest tightness in the day time. At night when I take the Percoset I have dizziness/vertigo/disorientation (not just the narcotic/Prednisone feeling). As I'm falling deeply asleep, especially if I'm on my back, I hear myself wake up with a snort. At that point, I am also sweating and heart racing. I'm interpreting this as sleep apnea. I cant sleep until the narcotic is out of my system around 4 am because I don't sleep on it, its more like a weird state of semi-consciousness, intermingling with these awful snorting wake-up. I didn't take my BP then but an hour later I have trouble finding it, but when I do it 96/57.
At the end of the first day of all medicines I had a moment where I thought I was having an anaphylaxtic reaction, lips had tingly, swelling,hot, red sensation, my nose felt like I had a cold all of a sudden, throat felt constricting, sticky tight.
Is this all a regular reaction to the mixture of drugs? Or a hypersensitivity to one particular drug? What are the flushing and pin point blood blister?. I took percoset after childbirth, in smaller doses, without problem.
I am not jaundiced, and am feeling much better. Its only the weird skin reactions, and itchy "pox," and chest tightness/twinges.
I am a healthy 44 yo female. I have no known allergies, but my Mother and Great Aunt both "crashed" at the end of surgeries when their blood pressure bottomed out. Great Aunt was told it was an anaphylactoid reaction to a morphine product. My mom crashed, survived surgery, continued IV opiates, and ended up on a ventilator in ICU due to respiratory distress. Survived. She can take small oral doses of narcotics. Hospital dismissed idea she might have had morphine sensitivity. Mom, cousin, and niece are allergic to sulfa and penicillin.