My son woke up at 4am this morning screaming – he felt like he was burning and itching all over. He said he wanted to vomit.
This rash is no stranger to us, as my son is allergic to red dye 40. I figured he had something I didn’t know about, we went over everything in the last two days.
I gave him Benadryl and he was fine. This morning he woke up and he says his arms hurt.
It dawns on me it’s his medication it’s in a time released capsule it could have those orange or red tiny balls inside. I call CVS they look up the manufacture information no red dye in the medication. They told me they don’t have in the system that he is allergic to red dye 40 only Heparin. My son has never been on heparin. Funny because it has been documented he is allergic to red dye, we have been going to CVS for the last 10 plus years. Infact he always gets clear liquid medication when he’s ill.
I was livid to say the least. Although this isn’t the first time it’s happened to me with CVS not documenting correctly. Me being neurotic, overly cautious and their customer service I can over look some things. Mistakes happen however as my mom tells me, “We are our OWN health advocates.” Triple check if you have to.
With that said here is the part that will forever mom shame me. My son has been on this medication for sometime. This is the same medication however it is new in the time released capsule, he has been on this for three days.
The pharmacist told me if he has welts all over his body (a rash) that is listed as one side effect.
I’m done, I’m done! I’m done with medicating – if he didn’t have this rash how would I know if it didn’t agree with his body? He has complained of headaches and I was told it was normal; again mom shaming. If this is what his medication does to his outsides what does it do on the inside.
I don’t care if I go broke selling everything I have, my son will be on an all natural treatments. I’m fed up! There has to be a way without prescriptions. This did it for me this was my eye opener.
