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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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I Was Placed On Njectable Repatha Early Dec. Got Sereve

I was placed on njectable Repatha early Dec. Got sereve H/A with pounding whoshing and excess nasal drainage and stuffiness in first week. Subsided a bit near next dose but started right up after 2nd dose. After 3rd dose on a Thursday Left face around eye and lymph nodes on that side swelled. Pain in all left sinus areas and extreme pain and pressure beneath all teeth (upper and lower) on left and referred to By Sunday. Saw asthma Dr and put on antibiotic and high dose prednisone after seeinng bateria on a nasal smear but chest was clear. Pain in sinus and teeth kept increasing and referred to ENT who saw serve naso pharyngeal swelling and infectious drainage and rattling starting in chest, said this was caused by the Repatha cumuatively causing naso pharyngitis until infection occurred, and he wrote a letter to prescribing doctor to halt therapy and increased the prednisone and antibiotic, added nasal sprays to open and a steroid spray. By Friday began spiking temp 100.8 - then with 800 Motrin and 625 tylenol alternating can keep it at 99.4. Taking Ultrasonic treatments every 4 hours and feel like fluid in chest. Also extreme pain in upper abdomen and swelling...went up 5 pounds since this morning just drinking fluids and taking very small snacks. Now also have severe pain in left lower tooth and swelling in face over that area. here is nothing in literature that indicates such severe reaction as this. Can it cause immune suppression and cause all these infections + poss pneumonia, bronchitis, tooth abscess and sinus as well as severe GI distress and swelling?. What else can this do to me that the literature and company has not reported? Can this be causing a pancreatitis or liver issue? I have had pancreatitis once before after an ERCP with wrong duct canulized. It kind of feels like that in upper right abdomen.I am in pain, my chest is rattly and wheezy and I now have all these areas infected. I am actually getting scared. How long before the Repahta gets fully out of my system?
posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2016
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