Posts by Dennis Doyle

urbanscout50 said:Best regards!
Regardless of how your allergy to those specific anesthetics was "proven," I really think you should sit down with your doctor and lay everything out. Ask them to refer you for more specialized allergy testing so you can definitively confirm or rule out reactions to certain drugs or anesthetics. If needed, you might want to re-test for thiopental (though an allergy there isn't a huge deal since there are plenty of alternatives) and fentanyl—plus other drugs in that same class, like sufentanil, pethidine, morphine, alfentanil, or tramadol. These are used as opioid analgesics in almost every general anesthesia case or for post-op pain management, so an allergy to that group could actually be a pretty significant hurdle.
good luck.

Thank you so much!

Nicholas Alvarez60 said:In what way (how exactly) was the allergy to fentanyl and Nesonal (I think you mean thiopental) actually proven?
Are we talking about six years of extrasystoles?
Honestly, if someone is allergic to fentanyl, thiopental, AND all local anesthetics, they basically hit the jackpot in the worst way possible...
You might be allergic to a specific drug, or maybe just a preservative within a certain formulation, etc.
Just because you're allergic to one anesthetic doesn't mean you'll react to another, and thank God, there are more than just a few ways to manage pain during procedures.
You should find a competent specialist who can give you a straight answer on this, especially considering how these various "what-if" scenarios might play out in the future...

The allergy was confirmed when my blood was sent off for analysis in NYC immediately after the surgery.
The extrasystoles were attributed to an allergic reaction to those anesthetics mentioned above (I spent quite a while being treated at a hospital in Cleveland).
I know there's a huge variety of anesthetics out there, which is why I'm curious if there's any kind of testing available that could pinpoint exactly what I'm reacting to.
I’ve done the "standard" allergy tests before, which showed reactions to certain preservatives, metals, and so on.
Sometimes I break out in hives, but most of the time it passes without a visible rash.
Right now, I'm mostly struggling with the issues mentioned earlier and the stress of trying to navigate even the simplest situations.

I had an appendectomy when I was just a little girl. Out of three different anesthetics used, they confirmed I had allergic reactions to two of them (fentanyl and nesdonal). The side effects from all that ended up causing extra heartbeats, which I had to deal with for six years.
The real struggle I face now is that whenever I mention being allergic to those two specific drugs, people immediately panic. It makes things incredibly difficult because it feels like I can't get any numbing injections at the dentist; I actually had to endure a root canal "live" without proper sedation. Even my eye surgery could only be done using adrenaline... and I don't even want to go into how much pain that caused.
I always carry around a medical certificate signed by my doctor stating my allergies, just in case an emergency situation arises.
Is there any kind of test available that could pinpoint exactly what I'm allergic to? I'd love to find a way to prevent these situations from happening again and hopefully make everyday medical needs a lot less stressful.
Thank you.

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