Allergic Reactions to the Pill Posted: 06-30-07 13:25pm
How common is it to have an allergic
reaction to something that's in birth
control pills?
When I was looking up info on
Drospirenone, one of the questions was
about possible side effects and this is
what one of them said:
"Get
emergency medical help if you have any of
these signs of an allergic reaction:
hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of
your face, lips, tongue, or
throat."
This is new to me since I've never heard
of people getting allergic reactions to
anything in birth control pills. Has
anyone else ever heard of this before?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-30-07 15:06pm
I've never heard of an actual case, but I
know that allergic reactions can occur, I
believe a few posters to this forum have
had that issue.
It does seem odd to be allergic to a pill
that simply provides hormones naturally
found in your body, but anything is
possible!
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Red_Rose
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Posted: 06-30-07 15:12pm
Eiri
wrote:
I've never heard of an
actual case, but I know that allergic
reactions can occur, I believe a few
posters to this forum have had that
issue.
It does seem odd to be allergic to a pill
that simply provides hormones naturally
found in your body, but anything is
possible!
If a person was actually allergic to the
hormones in BC pills, wouldn't that person
get a reaction from them regardless of the
brand? I looked up info on levonorgestrel
and it didn't say anything about the
possibility of allergic reactions.
Sorry for the questions but I just find
this really odd.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-30-07 15:24pm
Red_Rose
wrote:
Eiri
wrote:
I've never heard of an
actual case, but I know that allergic
reactions can occur, I believe a few
posters to this forum have had that
issue.
It does seem odd to be allergic to a pill
that simply provides hormones naturally
found in your body, but anything is
possible!
If a person was actually allergic to the
hormones in BC pills, wouldn't that person
get a reaction from them regardless of the
brand? I looked up info on levonorgestrel
and it didn't say anything about the
possibility of allergic reactions.
Sorry for the questions but I just find
this really
odd.
Yes they would, if they're allergic to the
hormones themselves. However, there may
either be something added to the pills you
have, or, levon just doesn't bother with
an allergy warning...
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-30-07 15:25pm
Actually, the hormones themselves in pills
can vary.
The hormone is Yaz and Yasmin, DRSP, is a
new type, and could cause reactions in
women that have not had reactions before.
Allergic reactions to hormonal BC are
extremely rare.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-30-07 15:26pm
Carifairy
wrote:
Actually, the hormones
themselves in pills can vary.
The hormone is Yaz and Yasmin, DRSP, is a
new type, and could cause reactions in
women that have not had reactions before.
Allergic reactions to hormonal BC are
extremely
rare.
Ah, there's the right answer ^^
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Red_Rose
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Posted: 06-30-07 15:33pm
Thank you.
The reason I'm worried about this is
because I have a lot of
allergies(seasonal, perennial and some to
food) to begin with but none of them cause
reactions like tightening of the throat,
tongue/lip swelling, etc.(well, the
shellfish might but I don't eat it to
begin with) so just thinking of that
scares the hell out of me.
One site I came across said not to take
drospirenone if you are allergic to it but
how do you know if you are if you've never
taken it before? Should I wet one of the
pills, flick the skin on the inside of my
arm with a pin and smear the pill all over
it to see if I react? lol
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-30-07 17:51pm
You can go to a doctor to have allergy
tests done, and they'll do it on patches
of your arm skin, though I don't think
pricking it is involved lol.
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Red_Rose
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Posted: 06-30-07 17:57pm
Eiri
wrote:
You can go to a doctor to
have allergy tests done, and they'll do it
on patches of your arm skin, though I
don't think pricking it is involved
lol.
I mentioned the pricking because that's
what they do when you get allergy tests
done. I've had quite a few done in the
past.
I will ask my Allergist about it though.
Thank you.
