Adverse Reaction To Medications?
[posted 8/12/98] Question: I am trying to find the reason for a recent emergency room visit. I am currently taking phendimetrazine, for a short period of time, about 2 months. I take one 35 mg tablet per day. I also take echinacea and goldenseal, somewhat inconsistently. 24 hours prior to my visit, I took both, and took the echinacea the morning of my visit. I am also allergic to ibuprofen and 24 hours prior I had taken a ketoprofen. My visit started with severe cramping due to diarrhea, while in the bathroom, I experienced my heartbeat racing and reverberating through my entire body and was having difficulty breathing due to an extremely heavy and tight feeling in my chest and body. I ended up on the bathroom floor until help arrived and was barely able to move or to talk. I was diaphoretic and very swollen in face and extremities. No hives. This lasted approximately an hour until the symptoms started to subside. I was given oxygen at the scene by paramedics and this did not seem to h
