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My mother has MRSA and is taking vancomycin IV, has anyone had side effects? |
My mother has MRSA and is taking vancomycin IV, has anyone had side effects? She is in a nursing home and has a rash all over her body. I spoke to a doctor today and they are going to give her some kind of steroid medication an hour before the vancomycin. Has this happened to anyone else and did the steroid medication work? they're not concerned she is having an allergic reaction? well, i guess that's what the steroids are for. the unfortunate thing is really mrsa is only curable, i think, with vancomycin. it's such a strong bug it needs something strong to kick it. i would monitor her reaction to the vanco once she receives the steroids and see if there's any change. did they give her benadryl or anything for the rash? if the rash gets worse with the subsequent doses of vanco, i would definitely demand the dr. find another plan of action to kick this bug. good luck to you and your mom. side effects are rare the thing with MRSA is their are very few antibiotics that will treat it. Thats what amkes it so scary..They have to use higher doses to kill this infection that is immune to most antibiotics..I'm sure you mother will respond to the treatment well it will determine the state of her current health. If she has other illness issues then it may take longer for her to heal...Good luck to you and your mother i hope all goes well... My mother in law is in the hospital over this exact same issue, MRSA. Fortunately, she has had no serious side effects, but has been getting headaches. She thinks that is related to the vancomycin though. I have cystic fiborisis and do vancomycin quite a bit, Whenever I do vanco I itch like crazy. My doctor told my its actually one of the side effects and most common for vanco. What they do for me is slow down the drip. Instead of it going for an hour they did it for 3. it was a pain in the butt, but after a few doses of it going slow they are able to speed it back up to an hour and I am fine. Anyways I hope that helped. If not They can switch her med to zyvox. Its the other drug that gets rid of MRSA its not quite as strong as vanco but it works. Doctors prefer vanco because its a pretty sure thing. |
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