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I took Omnicef 300 mg 2x a day..I took them for 11 days..was suppose to take for 3 weeks..At the palms of my hands started itching..and were very red..than my left foot started itching..I stoped taking the medicine 1 day ago...this happened on the weekend...of course...I am taking bendryl...about every four hours..Now my left calf has hives..both wrists..have hives..my bikini area..is covered with hives..and of all things..my right ear..is flame red and itches...also my right knee...I called my doctor today...she said stop the medicine..I said I did...she said take bendryl 50 mg 3 times a day..which I am..and I think more..This is so weird..that it has hit such different parts of my body..ohhh. I forgot...how could I forget...tonight..my butt started to itch...and its just covered in hives...Has anyone else had this problem with Omnicef...I think I would rather have the bladder infection than go thru this

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he is now taking prednisolone and azithromychin but its day 4 azithromychin is gone and he still has sinus issue but not as bad and hives are around neck nose pelvis and bottom.... they told me not to benedryl on him with the steroid so we have been soothing him with Aveeno cream and Aveeno oatmeal baths

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From start to finish, my hives lasted about 3 weeks. When on prednisone, they diminished. They were extremely bad for about a week.

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My son was on omnicef for strep throat and ear infection. He had no issues with the medicine until day 7, he was supposed to take it 2xs a day for 10 days. On the night of day 7 during bath I noticed red bumps, we thought it was chicken pox. I gave him his dose of it that night plus benadryl for itchiness. the next morning I went to wake him and his lips were ballooned up. I was so scared it had restricted his airways. Immediately I gave him tylenol and went to the ER. He acted ok seemed to breath fine. When he saw himself in the mirrro he started to cry ( he is 6). At the ER they said it was most probably a reaction to the anitbiotic and gave him a steroid shot. then a rx of prednisolone for 3 days. His swelling has went down some 7 hrs after the shot. I am still giving him benadryl as well. Good Luck to everyone. Antibiotics can be so helpful but at the same time can reak havoc on our bodies.

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My son is 20 months and is allergic to penicillin and had an ear infection so the doc gave him the generic for omincef...day 7 he got a horrible rash that looked like welts the next morning i called the doc and he said it was because of the medicine but his feet were so swollen they were turning black and blue the next day it got even worse his face swelled up...the doc said it was going to get worse before better...still a week or so later it comes and goes :( and his feet hurt all the time i hope this goes away soon....i dont understand why docs prescribe it if so many people have a hard time with it

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Hi I posted the comments before yours, my other son (4) was prescribed omnicef 6 days ago for a sinus infection. I went to check on him last night before i went to bed and his lips were swollen and hives all over his body. he had not had any reaction to this medicine until last night. we spent 4 hrs in the er last night. I gave him benedryl as soon as i noticed and headed to the er where he got an epi shot, and steroid shot. this morning the swelling has gone down some and hives have faded. 2 of my children (my 4 and 7 year old) having the same reaction to the same medication after 5-7 days of taking it. OMNICEF is a terrible antibiotic, my 1 yr old is on it as well for a sinus infection. I threw both prescriptions out this morning.

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I started taking Omnicef June 25,2011~ after 5 days of taking Omnicef, my entire body was covered with an itchy rash, which would intensify the minute I went outside and a night, while I slept. I scratched so intensely while I slept, I bruised my thighs. I was given a Cortisone injection, this did not help at all. I have had watery stools for 5 weeks, and now the rash has returned on my arms. How long does Omnicef stay in our body systems? What can be done to treat this allergic reaction? Benadryl and cortisone do not work, any ideas on what might help?

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HIgh dose of Steroids

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Thanks Teri! Will try high dose of steroids... the cortisone was a single injection. Worried that if these are the symptoms that we can see, after a month of no longer taking Omnicef... what has happened inside our bodies?

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I had the steriod injection as well, but what finally worked was the cycle of steriods to "right" my system. Hang in there, it will go away.

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Hey Teri,
Did they put you on one of those Metrodiazonal (sp?)steroid packs... the ones that start high and taper down? Or did they prescibe you a bottle of 20mg tabs 3X per day (not sure of real dose , just an example)... Thanks for the encouragement... my forearms are so raw... again.. the rash was gone for about 1 1/2 weeks (maybe), but now is back, and the minute I go outside in the 100+ degree heat , or if I get anxious about anything... bam...there's the itchy rash...

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I did both but the one that finally worked was the one that started at 5 per day and tapered off to 1/2 a day. I was also staying out of the heat, wearing loose clothes and taking some sort of high dose benedryl type medication (starts with an H?) several times per day. Hang in there, it will go away!

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I am amazed at all of the troubles this drug is causing. I wonder if everyone has taken the generic version or the real deal? Two of my daughters had allergic reactions to cefidnir (generic omnicef) - one in April which was horrible (after she had completed an 8 day course of the medicine) and the other daughter just last week after only 2 days of it. I had thought the first daughter just had an allergy but now that both of my daughters reacted so strongly to it I think it is the medicine not my children. Nothing against other countries but the drug manufacturers farm this stuff out to India and China where I highly doubt there is supervision / reliable regulation of what in the heck they actually put in this stuff. It is awful. I wish there were a better way to warn the world about it.

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don't use omnicef/cefidnir

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I also took Omnicef for seven days was suppose to take for ten days but on day ten I started with large hives the sie of a baseball covering my buttock and upper back leg. Went to quick care the next day the itching and pain was unbearable. Got a steroid shot and steroid medicine to take for seven days. On day 4 with very little sleep and now have it on my belly, feet, hands, arms, chin, ears and legs almost my whole body. They are the size of dimes to baseballs. Hot showers with oatmeal shower wash and benedrly witht the steriods help me for a couple of hours where I try and sleep then and then wake up itching and hurting down in the muscle where the rash is. I had a rash last year just like it and was taking the same medicine only time I have ever got rashes in my life but the doctor thought it was a food allergy because it was after I finished the medicine and it is very painful to touch. It did not last as long then the shot of stlestone knocked it out alot quicker then the steroid shot they gave me at quick care and all this extra medcine I am having to take. I am going back to the doctor if not eased up tomorrow can not handle this anymore worse than anything I have ever experience. I agree there is something bad in medicine with seven day exposure to it. FDA needs to check into it so no one else has to suffer or spend the money I have had to spend on all the doctor visits, gas, antibodics and pain and suffering it is causing me and everyone else who is experiencing it.

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For God's green earth, report it to your records and never take it again... 09 I had blood in my left lung full, leaking over into my right, they went inthrough my nose, and repaired a tear, and said i had scar tissue, dead husband smoked 3 packs a day... anyway what they used on me to either work down there, or put me to sleep i broke out in hives so bad i'd walk the floor with a kitchen prong and cry... ask the doctor, no answer... never did get a answer, but i broke out in skin lesions all over my body, the worse was where i'd laid on the table... it took me a year to over come,still i can stratch up patches easy on my thighs easy by rubbing... at least they could be made to research and find out what causes this extra hell we encounter....

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same happened to my son as well.

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My daughter is on day 7 of her hives from the Cefdinir she was given for an ear infection. Has had hive reactions to other anitbiotics in the past and possibly citrus foods. This has been the longest she has had the hives usually clear up within 5 days at the most. Had her break out on day 6 - immediately stopped the medicine. First three days were horrible with head to toe welts and patches that not even benedryl would clear. One of the pediatricians in the office refuses to admit that this is a reaction from the medicine but I am absolutely sure of it. Just getting concerned about the length of time she has had them though they are much milder than when she originally broke out. Saw her regular doctor yesterday- he mentioned chronic hives?! But also told me that stopping the medicine was a smart move on my part. She is otherwise healthy and incrediably happy and active but just breaks my heart she has to endure the rash yet again. Just hoping it will clear soon- read somewhere that the medicine can remain in the body for 2 weeks. Just hoping that this is not something that will recur as a result of taking this medication. Will NEVER give her this again...

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My daughter's rash and reaction from the same generic form lasted for days. She was just miserable and benedryl didn't help very much. Giving every 4 hours made her so sleepy but otherwise she was in misery! I know they say it is from something else but.... not! Hers started day 6 as well of 10 and it took a while to leave her system.

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My daughter reacted to the same generic form as well as your daughters. Terrible rash/hives day 5-6 lasted for days and days before fading.

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Yes had it everywhere not just small welps but very large ones. I had to have 2 shots and benedryl before my finally went away. Hope you eel better but I do recommend a shot of steroids to clear them up faster.

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