Re: reaction to reglan

[Guest guest]

Becky,

I had the same reaction to Reglan that you had to the phenergan. It is the most

awful feeling in the world. The thing is that even though I kept telling the

nurse that something was wrong, she just told me to tell the doctor when he came

in. I could not quit moving. I had to just pace the halls, I couldn't quit

moving my hands, arms, head, and even my tongue. I was in my local small

hospital and had been admitted the previous night because my potassium and

hemoglobin were both very low. They insisted my pancreas was fine because the

amylase was normal. Never mind that my liver enzymes were very high. My local

family doctor (the only doctor I have in my small town - my other doctors are in

a larger town) was out of town for the weekend. He's in practice by himself and

he doesn't have a doctor that stands in for him when he's not available. I was

admitted under the care of the doctor that anyone who doesn't have their own

doctor gets. He was an A-1 JERK! I had started having the reaction to the

reglan at 8 a.m. on Sunday morning. Despite the fact that I was under the care

of a pain mgmt doctor and had been on pain medication daily for several months

at that time, they refused to give me any pain medication because I wasn't

admitted for my pain, just for the low potassium and hemoglobin! They did allow

me to have two doses of IV reglan in the 20 hours that I was at the hospital! I

didn't even know what it was I had been given. I was given the first dose in

the ER at about 4 a.m. and it made me feel a little wired, but I was so

exhausted from the pain and vomiting and being in the ER since 8 p.m. with no

medication at all, that I fell asleep not long after the first dose when they

got me to my room. With the second dose, the reaction and feeling so incredibly

wired was a million times worse. I kept telling the nurse I could not take it,

that I felt like I was losing my mind and that I absolutely couldn't quit

moving. She'd just say, well, just tell the doctor when he comes in. I know he

won't let me give you anything else until he sees you because you're not his

patient and he doesn't know you. I literally paced the floor from 8 a.m. until

after 2 p.m., when he finally came in. He told me my potassium was back to

normal and my hemoglobin was up from 8 something to 9 something so he was

discharging me. I told him what had been going on and asked if he would please

give me something to help me. He simply said, " No, that's not indicated in your

case. You won't feel so nervous once you get home. " The thing is that I didn't

realize I was having an allergic reaction and taking benadryl would most likely

have eased my symptoms considerately. I got home and took pain medicine,

phenergan, and then finally took an ambien sleeping pill because I knew it would

knock me out! I slept until about 8 p.m. (12 hours after being given the reglan

for the second time) I was much better but was still having some symptoms from

the reglan. They were finally completely gone the next day. I went to the

hospital and made them let me see my chart so I could figure out what they had

given me and make sure I was never given it again. That's when I found out I

was given 10 mg of reglan IV both times. I was puzzled because I had taken

reglan orally many times with no problem. In fact, for several months back in

2000, I took 5 mg of reglan orally three times a day for nausea. It worked

wonderfully and I had no problems with it at all during that time. I think it

may have been the fact that I was given a total of 20 mg of reglan IV in 4 hours

that pushed me over the edge and caused the reaction. Since then I list reglan

as one of my drug allergies. I have been given it one time since then. It was

one of the times I had an ER doc playing the 'I'm not giving you any pain meds

til I see your labs' game. I kept begging for something for pain and nausea.

The nurse came in and told me he had medication for me. Since the episode with

the reglan I typically ask what they are giving me if they don't volunteer what

it is prior to giving it. However, that time I was just so glad to have

something I didn't ask until after the nurse had given it and was on his way out

the door. When he told me it was reglan, I said, " I am allergice to reglan! "

He asked me where that was indicated in my chart. I told him I didn't know

where it was in the chart, but it was listed in red on the spreadsheet I gave

them with my medication, allergies, and medical history. I had also told two

other nurses and the doctor what I was allergic to. He then looked at the chart

and said, " SHIT! " He was back in less than a minute with IV benadryl. The

doctor then poked his head in sheepishly and asked what they normally gave me

for pain and nausea. I told him either phenergan or zofran for nausea and

morphine, demerol, or dilaudid for pain. The nurse had zofran and dilaudid for

me in a matter of minutes. It must have been a hefty dose of dilaudid because I

was asleep in just a few minutes and slept for the next 2 or 3 hours! I didn't

have a reaction to the reglan that time, but I'm sure it was because I got the

benadryl so soon after being given the reglan.

I really hate that I can't take reglan because it is a good nausea medication.

It also is used for gastroperisis, which I think I may have to some extent.

However, I'm so afraid of a reaction that I don't think I would even want to

chance a small dose of reglan orally. ly, I'd rather spend a month puking

my guts out that to experience the reaction I had to the reglan again! Thank

goodness phenergan works great for me and I've never had a problem with it.

W

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[Guest guest]

,

That's the similar reaction I get to Phenergan. I can't bear to lay

down, even though it makes me, or I am as tired as anything, I need

to stretch constantly, and my left arm...well, that has a mind of

it's own and is the worst affected part of my body. It was this arm

that my PICC line was in and that the Phenergan was getting injected

into, for 2 weeks before infiltrating. After 1 week, as soon as the

Phenergan was injected, I felt an immediate restlessness in my left

arm, and I would lie on it to try and keep from stretching it hoping

the feeling would go away. I would always ask for the phenergan

first and Dilaudid second, never to mix the two together as some

nurses do, or Dilaudid first then the Phenergen, because the

Dilaudid would immediately reverse the effect, and I would then feel

normal, and be able to have some sense of normalcy.

I can't take Valium, Phenergen, Toredol or Benedryl. They all give

me the same restlessness and crawling out of my skin feeling.

[Guest guest]

I have the same reaction to reglan and compozine. They also make me

have tunnel vision and hives. A nurse gave me reglan once after I

found out that I was allergic to it and when I asked what she had

given me and she said reglan and I reminded her of the allergy, I

have never seen someone rip an IV out so fast...thank god i have a

portacath and it comes out easy. Morphine does the same thing as the

others but also makes me very violent (I threw a phone at a nurse

that I really liked) so now I tell everyone about 100 times about my

allergies so not to have a repeat of these incendents, plus the fact

that the first time isn't the killer it the next time.

[Guest guest]

I have never seen an allergic reaction to Reglan, but I have heard

of psychosis being induced after taking it for a prolonged period of

time. I think I remember a Dr. saying it should not be taken for

more than a few months without coming off of it for a while.

Atwell LPN