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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by DedeNkem: 9:56am On Jun 01, 2016

Strange sicknesses are found in the north.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by corisande: 9:57am On Jun 01, 2016

tivta:
I and my family have been taking septrin since early 90's, only God knows what she actually took, I think this is just demarketing...

For the fact that your family doesn't react to septrin does not mean another will not. I've seen quite a number of people who reacted to septrin. Some people react to even pain killers like paracetamol.

I know health care in Nigeria is so expensive that's one of the reasons people self medicate.

I just pray she survives this.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by ElPhoche(m): 9:58am On Jun 01, 2016

DIKEnaWAR:
Seriously terrible!

The doctors we have here don't even go through your medical history to know if you react to anything. They administer the drugs and wait for the reactions. If adverse, they deny you and cry that their enemies are using you to pull them down.

Let us situate this problem properly; it is not Septrin that did this to her, but a component in the drug. People will start avoiding Septrin now, while they continue taking other brands with that same component that a lot might react to. It is high time we begin to evaluate drugs on their chemical composition and not brand.

It is normal to hear people say "Beecham ampiclux is the best". This is because they think a drug is all about brand and not composition. Let our pharmacists/doctors begin to dispense drugs on the basis of their chemical content one after the other and not what it seeks to cure.

I want to raise some objections to your statement.
1)During taking a patient history, there is a part called 'past medical/drug history' where a patient is asked if je reacts to any drug. It might not be done 100% of the time, but it is done most of the time. It is not eveyone that has taken Septrin. Some of us took it as kids.
Reacting to a drug sometimes does not occur during the first administration. The body will have to be sensitized.
2)Septrin is Trimethoprim/Sulpamethoxazole. It is among the most common cause of SJS. The sulphur component is usually implicated. So, it is Septrin.
Take note, every drug can cause an allergic reaction. Just that some more than others. When you say alcohol causes chronic liver disease, it doesn't stop people from taking alcohol. Till tomorrow, septrin will still be used, but cautiously.
3)When you say something like 'Beecham ampiclox' is best, what is really meant is that
-you are sure of the exact drug dosage, ie, it really contains the advertised 5mg or so.
-might contain component that would help absorption. Different drugs might have same dose of active component but not absorbed same way, but differently.
etc
Abeg, don't attack me oh.

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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by jhidey08(m): 10:00am On Jun 01, 2016

DIKEnaWAR:
Seriously terrible!

The doctors we have here don't even go through your medical history to know if you react to anything. They administer the drugs and wait for the reactions. If adverse, they deny you and cry that their enemies are using you to pull them down.

Let us situate this problem properly; it is not Septrin that did this to her, but a component in the drug. People will start avoiding Septrin now, while they continue taking other brands with that same component that a lot might react to. It is high time we begin to evaluate drugs on their chemical composition and not brand.

It is normal to hear people say "Beecham ampiclux is the best". This is because they think a drug is all about brand and not composition. Let our pharmacists/doctors begin to dispense drugs on the basis of their chemical content one after the other and not what it seeks to cure.

bros, this is not about our doctors, it's about us. we're supposed to observe changes in our body after ingesting a drug. I've experienced this same thing b4, about 5-7 months ago. I had malaria and a doctor prescribed Fansida for me, I took it and all those black spots (roughly 5) appeared on different parts of my body, I met a doctor and dey prescribed some allergy drugs 2me. 2months after again, I was coughing and took septrin and those spots started manifesting again. I didn't observe until 2months ago when I was coughing and took septrin again, 30mins afterwards new spots started coming again. it was then dat I observed it was d septrin dat caused it. I guess I was just lucky to have observed Early.

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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Jalinco: 10:01am On Jun 01, 2016

Wishing you quick recovery

Check whether you can see ENJOYMETHOXAZOLE

The maker of the drug called it SULPHAMETHOXAZOLE and you bought it?
Afowofa@yourself.com

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by corisande: 10:01am On Jun 01, 2016

DedeNkem:
Strange sicknesses are found in the north.

Haba! Don't display your ignorance in public like this na. please imagine you're talking in front of over 100,000 people(that's even a small number compared to people who maybe online and reading this) and saying this nonsense. bend your head in shame abeg

Also try to read up on SJS. Use Google na. chai!

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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by edosignature(m): 10:01am On Jun 01, 2016

Where are the pharmacovigilant

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by salveoP(m): 10:06am On Jun 01, 2016

This is very pathetic!!! It is important for us all to be aware of not only the drugs we react to but also d major component ( chemical composition) of d drugs we react to including our present medical conditions. For instance, if someone reacts to cotrimoxazole ( sulphamethoxazole plus trimethoprim)---- septrin , the person needs to avoid all sulphur containing drugs like sulfa antibiotics, sulphur containing antimalarials ( fansidar, amalar, malareich, laridox e.t.c). Other drugs associated with SJS are : allopurinol, tetracyclines, NSAIDS ( like piroxicam, diclofenac e.t.c), Nevirapine, penicillins e.t.c. This is not to say dat all these drugs are not efficacious, but if u react to any of dem it is better to avoid them completely. Health care professionals should also be on d alert, always ask ur patients d drug(s) they are allergic to and their present medical conditions no matter how busy you seem to be. Remember: All drugs have side effects.The reason we use a particular drug is because the benefit outweighs d risk. However, once d risk outweighs d benefit, we just need to avoid dat drug.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by thaoriginator: 10:07am On Jun 01, 2016

agogoeyo3:
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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by DIKEnaWAR: 10:07am On Jun 01, 2016

drlaykay:

It's obvious you know nothing about the medical profession so I will advise you to sought knowledge before speaking in public.
Wonder who those that liked your posts are.
Your first, second and third paragraphs are factually incorrect.
No time to school you. Just try read about medical history, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and drugs components and efficacy

With all your knowledge about the medical profession, you failed to buttress your wild assertions with facts. Obviously, you are wanna-be medical 'practitioner' and has already assumed and imposed knowledge and responsibilities on yourself.

I have given you the attention you seek, now get outta my mentions.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by gragraboy: 10:19am On Jun 01, 2016

meezynetwork:
self medication is cheap but very dangerous. Well you cant blame people that engage in that cos of the economic situation coupled with the fact that we have shortage of health workers.

Coupled with the long cue and stress one will go through in the hospital

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Tedassie(m): 10:23am On Jun 01, 2016

Baawaa:
Maybe,she used septrin of witches and wizards

Pray this doesn't happen to you or anyone close to you.I don't even wish this for my worst enemy

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by DedeNkem: 10:23am On Jun 01, 2016

corisande:

Haba! Don't display your ignorance in public like this na. please imagine you're talking in front of over 100,000 people(that's even a small number compared to people who maybe online and reading this) and saying this nonsense. bend your head in shame abeg

Also try to read up on SJS. Use Google na. chai!

You're an id*iot.

North is the most impoverished and disease infested region in Nigeria!

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by jhidey08(m): 10:25am On Jun 01, 2016

princefunmmy:

I wonder o. Cos I have been using septrin and it works.. Abeg, make Dem find d real cause of the problem, abi she fly for night come rest on top electric line na I'm nepa come bring light, she come burn small before she return to human

andyanders:

That cannot be septrin reaction.Something else must have been responsible. Some people take herbs along while still taking some drugs.They try all sorts of self medication. It cannot be just septrin here.

If u dunno something u inquire, instead of making fools of urselves here. Learn how to ask questions. Google is also ur friend. u won't use more Dan 5mb

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by seunayeni(m): 10:26am On Jun 01, 2016

back in school, there was a girl who took the same septrin and had this sjs, was soo scary.....pls awareness against self medication#saynotoSELFMEDICATION

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Nobody: 10:33am On Jun 01, 2016

I don't believe this news.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by micxwell(m): 10:37am On Jun 01, 2016

agogoeyo3:
Happy New Month Nairalanders and Happy Birthday to me..... DIVINE HEALING FOR HER IJN!!!

Happy Birthday.. Longlife and Prosperity.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by drlaykay(m): 10:37am On Jun 01, 2016

DIKEnaWAR:

With all your knowledge about the medical profession, you failed to buttress your wild assertions with facts. Obviously, you are wanna-be medical 'practitioner' and has already assumed and imposed knowledge and responsibilities on yourself.

I have given you the attention you seek, now get outta my mentions.

Sorry bro, you got it all wrong. I actually did not and do not blame you.
I blame the patient who used a drug, had reactions, didn't stop usage nor report to the hospital.
If the patient hadn't messed up you wouldn't have had an opportunity to spew trash on a subject you are totally ignorant about.

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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by MsBella: 10:44am On Jun 01, 2016

glossy6:

I was using septrin for sometime until the day it caused my lips to get swollen and i was advised by my doctor to stop using it. Meanwhile, it was on prescription

I react to Septrin or any drug that contains sulphur. When I see a doctor, the first thing I mention is the reaction I have to drugs that contain sulphur. I had a really bad reaction one time - rashes all over, my lips had sores and I felt like crap! Her reaction to the drug is just too much! I hope she gets the help she needs.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by judondasylva(m): 10:45am On Jun 01, 2016

hmmmmmm very bad

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Tedassie(m): 10:50am On Jun 01, 2016

prettymina:
Naturaly some people react to septrin in one or the other,in this case she must have taken septrin when it is not needed.. self medications kills more faster than some ailments..we should all be careful

I for one...have never reacted adversely to Septrin,this an extreme case of anaphylaxis and can be life threatening if hospital care isn't provided within the shortest possible time.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Codyt(m): 10:55am On Jun 01, 2016

agogoeyo3:
Happy New Month Nairalanders and Happy
Birthday to me.....
DIVINE HEALING FOR HER IJN!!!

Many happy returns boo

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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by d33types: 11:01am On Jun 01, 2016

DIKEnaWAR:
Seriously terrible!

The doctors we have here don't even go through your medical history to know if you react to anything. They administer the drugs and wait for the reactions. If adverse, they deny you and cry that their enemies are using you to pull them down.

Let us situate this problem properly; it is not Septrin that did this to her, but a component in the drug. People will start avoiding Septrin now, while they continue taking other brands with that same component that a lot might react to. It is high time we begin to evaluate drugs on their chemical composition and not brand.

It is normal to hear people say "Beecham ampiclux is the best". This is because they think a drug is all about brand and not composition. Let our pharmacists/doctors begin to dispense drugs on the basis of their chemical content one after the other and not what it seeks to cure.

pained pharmacist or pharmacy technician spotted
all Nigerian trained doctors take drug history as part of history; especially chloroquine and sulpha containing drugs (commonest is septrin around here) okay

you should know that Nigerians refer to drugs by the most popular brand names eg (suphadoxine+pyrimethamine is called fansidar or amalar, arthemeter+lumefantrine is called lonart or coartem.its easier)

now ,to your argument, septrin or any other brand containing sulphamethoxazole+trimetoprim will cause same reaction to same patient regardless of the Brand okay..

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by vonn(f): 11:03am On Jun 01, 2016

Septrin was prescribed to me as a kid. The effect was rashes ALL OVER my body. But it was treated.
Since then, once I go to a hospital different from that of my family doctor, I keep on hammering I don't take sulphuric drugs especially Septrin. My secondary and university health centres even have it written all over my file-front, back, up and down. Even a nurse or doctor with eye problem would see it clearly.
No time to dull ooo.
Once bitten, twice shy.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by samsilo(m): 11:03am On Jun 01, 2016

princefunmmy:
Mehn, I just thought of getting septrin for this my catarrh o. Is septrin now a risk to take again?

My guy , in 2016 you are still taking antibiotics for catarrh or a cold shocked

Please my people , in my 21 years of practicing medicine , I have not come across any cure in my experience or research for a cold .
Septrin is a fairly common cause of Steven Johnson syndrome as well as Fansidar which is why in most developed countries they are rarely used . It is nothing to self medication as many have stated here but it is an unpredictable reaction which can happen at any time .
The worst part is that these lesions can affect the skin lining the mouth , gullet etc in the same way

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Austin234(m): 11:04am On Jun 01, 2016

Danger of self medication. Speedy recovery to her in Jesus name. Amen

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by fullblast(m): 11:05am On Jun 01, 2016

HBD Agogo! Whatt will the Average Nigerians do without self-medication? This syndrome is awful n strange.

agogoeyo3:
Happy New Month Nairalanders and Happy
Birthday to me.....
DIVINE HEALING FOR HER IJN!!!

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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by dyadeleye(m): 11:14am On Jun 01, 2016

Fmartin:
lol only if u hv knowledge on pharmacology u wont hv prefered herbs

Pharmacology my ass bruh

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by vonn(f): 11:22am On Jun 01, 2016

I think I should believe that our body make-up can change as we advance.
For example, when I was much younger, anytime those big black ants bite me, the pains come like pins and gradually subside after I've applied palm oil.
Fast forward to years later, the same specie of ant bit me and I started reacting- itchy, swollen skin and rashes all over, even after applying oil.
My point= what if she had used it in the past and nothing happened, but then using septrin now became a different outcome?

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Mustay(m): 11:26am On Jun 01, 2016

DIKEnaWAR:
Seriously terrible!

The doctors we have here don't even go through your medical history to know if you react to anything. They administer the drugs and wait for the reactions. If adverse, they deny you and cry that their enemies are using you to pull them down.

The first question to ask is, where is the (documented) medical history for the doctor to refer to

Like some others have pointed out, that's an unfair generalization a la 'wait and react'. What database exists

In the absence of a proper system, the doctor is left with no choice but to rely on the 'truths and lies' of the patients during questioning.

This quote of yours looks like a Nollywood script btw.

Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Skmoda360(m): 11:27am On Jun 01, 2016

asadike:
Oh my God! pls people, self medication is bad , see a doc as soon as u notice any strange ailment.

see your mouth, are you scared? Damn! I really pity the woman...

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Re: Amina Suffers Stevens-Johnson Syndrome In Katsina After Taking Septrin (Graphic) by Tedassie(m): 11:30am On Jun 01, 2016

samsilo:

My guy , in 2016 you are still taking antibiotics for catarrh or a cold
Please my people , in my 21 years of practicing medicine , I have not come across any cure in my experience or research for a cold .
Septrin is a fairly common cause of Steven Johnson syndrome as well as Fansidar which is why in most developed countries they are rarely used . It is nothing to self medication as many have stated here but it is an unpredictable reaction which can happen at any time .
The worst part is that these lesions can affect the skin lining the mouth , gullet etc in the same way

i'm so glad my body doesn't react to any of these drugs
#soblessed

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