Posted by azalea on October 3, 2008, at 13:52:28
In reply to What's causing hives after evening med dose?, posted by Geegee on October 3, 2008, at 1:01:06
Perhaps experiment with not taking the magnesium oxide tablet for a few nights and see how you do.
> For the last several nights, I've been getting hives and really itchy skin in the late evening, about two hours or so after eating dinner. I haven't had the same foods for dinner any of the last several nights, so I'm wondering if there's something I'm taking in my last round of meds/supplements that might be causing it. With dinner, usually around 8 or 8:30, I take: 1 tablet (15mg) Nardil, 1 tablet (250mg) magnesium oxide, and 1 fish oil capsule (I forget the dose, but it's whatever seems to be standard at the grocery store). Occasionally I also have my multi-vitamin left to take then, but not usually. I also take Nardil two other times during the day and fish oil in the morning with breakfast without any subsequent itching, so that leaves the magnesium if it's being caused by one of my pills. Nothing's changed in this routine in months, but the itching is new.
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> This is really irritating since I'm usually still itching and trying not to scratch when I go to bed. If I don't take an anti-histamine and apply some kind of anti-itch stuff, usually Caladryl gel, I have a hard time getting to sleep. The "hives" or weals or whatever appear variously on my shoulders and arms, torso, buttocks, and/or legs. I can actually see little bumps within the reddened areas that itch.
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> Any ideas, anyone?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> gg
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