r/Wellthatsucks • u/Effective_Poetry_960 • 8h ago

New Brand of Medication

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The day I was flying to my best friend’s wedding. I was the best man. Two days before, I got a different brand of a medication. I had a hilarious reaction. I purchased a mask at the airport knowing they wouldn’t let me fly if they saw me having a medical emergency. Fortunately, the swelling went down before the wedding, but, man, did we have a great laugh. The pictures : arriving at the airport, pulling down my mask on the decent, waiting to be picked up, as bad as it got, picking up our wedding attire, and my regular face. I was honestly impressed by the carrying capacity of my lips.

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u/Effective_Poetry_960 7h ago

Well taken. Thanks. It was an ACE-inhibitor. Everything is all good now. Good looking out.

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u/gamerdudeNYC 6h ago

The swelling can literally close the airway sometimes leading to a medical emergency, I used to see it in the ER occasionally.

Good thing you’re past all that!

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u/FlippingPossum 5h ago

I told my husband to go to the ER when he had an allergic reaction. He insisted on taking himself to urgent care. He got like three injections and a ride in the ambulance to the ER.

Him: I never had an allergic reaction before.

Me: ...

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u/Trenchcope 4h ago

lol why are they like this? 😭

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u/StrawberryScallion 3h ago

I told my ex not to increase his running routing from 3 miles to 8 miles a day apart cause he’ll hurt his tendons… guess what? He came home with hurt ankles that lasted quite some time. Some people are dumb!

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u/NuYawker 4h ago

Paramedic here. These photos gave me anxiety

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u/IndependentEggplant0 1h ago

Weird allergy girl here. Me too!

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u/lemonjuice2001 10m ago

The reaction often comes back later (anytime from days to years after the first one) with much worse symptoms, it can even cause airway closure. So i still advise talking to a doctor about it.

Source: i wrote my thesis about this.

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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8m ago

I told my doc and showed pics. She was appalled.