Red #40 and Yellow # 5 dyes... - Allergies Message Board

zimnah · 04-26-2004, 02:32 PM

Hey out there: I was wondering if anyone else has been diagnosed with allergies to FD&C Red #40 and Yellow #5? I recently had to undergo 30 days of IV antibiotics with a PICC line because EVERY SINGLE antibiotic has one or both of these dyes. Apparently, the human race is incapable of finishing a round of antibiotics unless they're pink

That is what I was told, anyway. I have heard of three other poeple in my smallish Pennsylvania town who've had to have the same treatment for the same reason, and I wondered if it was something that was becoming more common. If it is, maybe we should contact someone, or something?

Vball_#4 · 04-26-2004, 04:06 PM

I have an allergy to yellow#5 and also to blue #1. It causes itching all over my body. I was on zoloft for a while and had itching all the time and it was due to my pill being yellow. Went off of it and itching subsided. I also have multiple chemical sensitivities. I was on clarinex for my allergies and that also made me itch because my pills was blue.

zimnah · 04-27-2004, 06:13 PM

I'm sorry to hear about the blue...I have asthma, and Mucinex is the only drus that helps with congestion...it's blue. Thank heaven I don't get that horrid rash with that. But I know bout the itching. I recently took a replacement drug for my GERD...Rabeprazole, which had Yellow #5 in it. I have spent the day on Allegra 180 as well as benadryl topical to help the itching. I also tend to get very nauseated when I injest either dye. My point is this: the human race can handle white pills! It makes me very angry to have to get stuck with a an iv needle evey 2-3 days just because Bayer can't find a way pf making penicillin white! My veins are scarred, and it's getting harder and arder to find a viable vein for the iv. HELP!!!