Holy !@#$! I got a prescription to deal with a sinus infection on Sunday. So after taking the first dose I had a little bit of what felt like a rush that morning: didn't think much of it as I was a bit under the weather. That night, though, I had a seriously sweaty bout with the second dose and only half slept: a kind of dream place - partially restful (???). Hmm - that felt weird...
Today (Monday) was the whopper though! I'm at a relatively new client, and while conducting some user training, I started feeling seriously dizzy - to the point that I IM'd the wife during a break considering whether to hang it up for the day. But nah that's for whoosies! I couldn't imagine falling out in the middle of a training session though. And YEAH - it was close to that bad!
While I might ham it up at home, you know - were the o'lady can "take care of you" (come on guys who doesn't), I'm not the type to get to the point of dropping. Not without taking a head-shot...
So I pinged her again later: it was getting worse and eating a late lunch didn't help at all (trippen out right about now). She called the docs office and ran it down to someone there. They got back with her, finally, but by the time they did I'd begun the re-entry. The person responding told her to have me eat more and drink lots of water and, oh yea, don't take any more of the antibiotic: "he's showing signs of reaction to dioxin".
Hold the Phone!
Yeah: exactly my reaction! IM'ing, I said to her - wait a minute: isn't dioxin a carcinogen? She said - huh? Question to self: is dioxin a normal thing in an antibiotic (clarithromycin - kla-rith-roe-MYE-sin)? I understand (in laymen's terms) that antibiotics basically kill you slowly and the bug (or bacteria) just dies first - but carcinogens? WTH!
I still feel a like I've been on the boat all night but a huge improvement. So I'm killing some time now to write about my ride and to further slow down. I think I'm ok to drive home now...
Back Home and And Doing Some Research
Made it home!
So I can't find any hint of dioxin in clarithromycin and a bit too busy to spend any of time on it tonight.
Next day: I (ok - she) called the doctor's office to find out exactly what it was that I had an issue with and whether it was an allergic reaction. They left me a message later later in the day spelling out the substance - biaxin (the lady pronounced it bi-awks-in). AHHH!
Ok - well I guess I feel a little better: no a lot better now that I'm off the juice. But I'm relieved too that I've not further increased my chances of cancer...
Cross posted from my CS Blog at www.footheory.com