Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 My Fellow lupies, I am once again calling on you for advice.......as it seems that all my doctors have decided to take a vacation at the same time ! I have had a horrible rash from one of two New medications prescribed for me in the last Month. ....Trazodone, which is an antidepressant , Prescribed by my Psychiatrist in addition to Remeron which I have taken for ever without any problems. And Carb/ Levo CR which is medication for restless legs Prescribed by my PCP. when I went in to see him for the rash that was devloping and was told to increase my Prednisone from 71/2 mg to 20mg. a day. Well I developed a rash from one of them , and went to see my PCPs partner last week , since my PCP is out of town untill Aug. 9th. He gave me an injection of Depo Medrol.....and said to stay on the 20mg. prednisone . And took me off the restless leg medicine. Well my rash is just getting worse, and worse ......and this doctor won't see me again.......and my other doctors are out of town . I called him today to ask him to call in a script for Flexoril , and his nurse just called me back and said for me to see a Dermatologist......he is not my doctor !! I can't sleep my rash is getting worse.....and I have decided that the culprit is the new Antidepressant in stead of the Restless leg medication.....What should I do ? I am on my own here and am afraid of stopping the Trazodone....without talking to my shrink first , but She i s also out of town till the 9th of August.....does any one know if this medication has to be tapered off.....I have been on it for less than a month.....I have thought about taking just half a dose for a week ,then stopping it ......that's the way she had me start it . When I called her answering service....to see who was on call for her this morning .....I was given a number to call ....which doesn't even exist....when I called back her answering service said the same number again....then just hung up on me.! I looked in the phone book and that area code is nowhere in the whole wide world !! I'm just so tired of being jerked around by THE HIGH AND MIGHTY DOCTORS who don't give a damn Okay......I'm through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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