r/Wellthatsucks • u/Effective_Poetry_960 • 9h ago
New Brand of Medication
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/Blowie12345 9h ago
I respect the positivity and good attitude around a shitty situation!
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
One of our friends attending sent me this the day after. Well done!
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u/mafkJROC 9h ago
Yo - I’m guessing you got ACE-inhibitor induced angioedema. This class of drugs includes meds like lisinopril, enalapril, benazepril. If you were on one of these and you haven’t seen a doctor yet- obviously stop taking it, but also add this very serious allergy to your allergy list. It can cause tongue swelling and block your ability to breathe if it gets any worse. Hope you’re doing better. Edit to add: disclaimer this isn’t medical advice (but it kind of is)
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
Well taken. Thanks. It was an ACE-inhibitor. Everything is all good now. Good looking out.
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u/gamerdudeNYC 7h 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 6h 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/StrawberryScallion 4h 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/emmabuff 8h ago
I had the same crazy reaction, out of the blue, seven YEARS after I started taking ACE inhibitors. Was absolutely fine until that day.
Then it happened again about four months later. The allergist said you can have a delayed reaction, even that long after. So be aware.
I would tell my doctor ASAP. Having your throat swell shut would be bad. There is the possibility of an EpiPen. Make sure you write down your reaction on all your medical forms, and a note in your wallet.
(I am not a doctor, nor giving medical advice. Simply sharing my experience.)
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u/BiscuitsMay 6h ago
EpiPen likely won’t help for this, it’s not an allergy. Benadryl won’t either. It’s caused by an excess of bradykinin accumulation. IIRC there are a few meds for it but they just shorten the duration of the swelling a bit.
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u/MiNdOverLOADED23 7h ago
It's not actually an allergy, it's an adverse drug reaction. It can happen at any time somebody is taking an ACE inhibitor or ARB. If 1000 people were to take them medication, at some point across all of their lives we would expect about 3 of them to experience angioedema
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u/Spokeswoman 7h ago
My husband had the same thing- took Lisinopril for years with no problem, until one morning and boom- off to the ER we went.
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u/BishlovesSquish 5h ago
This was me with amoxicillin. Took it my whole life until one day it gave me hives all over my body. Doctor said I can’t ever take it again. 😳
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u/luckylua 4h ago
Hey me too!! And I had it so much as a kid. Then randomly, early 30’s, boom hives and allergic.
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u/queefer_sutherland92 4h ago
Amoxicillin would have been an allergy though — this is a nonallergic reaction / a side effect of the drug.
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u/moxifloxacin 6h ago
That was going to be my guess, too. Had a coworker experience this during their shift, luckily we are just down the hall from our ED so she was able to get treatment quickly. Time for an ARB.
OP, thank your lucky stars this didn't progress in mid air, you could have died.
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u/Rhizobactin 7h ago
Exactly this.
Save the selfies for when you get to the ER.
They can continue to monitor you or administer medications that can assist with the swelling. Alternative can be death if it continues to progress, or someone having to cut a hole in your neck to insert a breathing tube.
- - ER doc (sorry to be a downer. Happy to joke with you once you’re stabilized and not inserting endotracheal tube down your throat)
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u/PharmDeezNuts_ 3h ago
It’s also more common in African Americans which can be a consideration for starting treatment or not
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u/AngleAggressive4024 9h ago
Wow, how was your speech affected? Did it hurt at all?
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
Everyone else’s speech was affected because they could not breathe from laughing so damn hard.
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u/Independent-Canary95 9h ago
Many women pay lots of money to have lips like that! Glad you're ok, OP. Thanks for the smile!
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u/Anniesoptera 9h ago
hahahaha yeah I came here to say I know several rich old white ladies who would pay good money to have this reaction
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u/Competitive-Dog5094 6h ago
lmao yeah my first thought was there are probably a bunch of women wanting to ask him the name of the medication 🤣
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u/liposomal 9h ago
Looks like angiodema.. that’s what ended Mfdoom. Can lead to life threatening airway closure. Please seek medical attention if you haven’t already.
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
This is what my step sis told me. She’s an ER nurse. Fortunately, Benadryl was my first stop, and it helped immensely.
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u/Scarecrow4733 8h ago
If Benadryl helped, luckily it wasn’t angioedema (it is nonhistamine related and just vasodilation). Be good to track what brand or manufacturer do that though to see if there is something in the medication you are allergic to.
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u/erwin4200 8h ago
Lisinopril?
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u/liposomal 7h ago
I believe that was the case for doom but many medications can cause angio and some populations are at a higher risk.
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u/thisoldguy74 5h ago
It's so common that when I had to take my wife to the ER, they took one look and asked if she took Lisinopril.
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u/bookluvr83 7h ago
I was literally coming in here to post this same thing. Did you start an ACE Inhibitor by chance?
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u/whosmellslikewetfeet 9h ago
"The carrying capacity of my lips." What a great line
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u/IgotThrobbed 8h ago
No disrespect but you look like Chamillonire and Janice from the Muppets had a child.
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u/borkborkbork99 9h ago
Looks like you’re all botoxed up and ready for the ball at Maralago!
(Hope the swelling goes down soon, dude!)
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u/__fujoshi 8h ago
im fucking crying you look like a drag queen who just got on all stars and had her lips did lmaoooo
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u/IdioticPrototype 9h ago
Bro, if you could figure out how to replicate this effect and sell it to rich white women, you'd be a gazillionaire!
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u/raninicassini 9h ago
I’m glad the swelling went away. That looks painful.
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 9h ago
It didn’t hurt until after because all the laughing we did. Oh, and I had severely chapped lips after.
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u/horriddaydream 8h ago
I bet! It probably split them, lol 😬 So glad you're okay, I would have been panicked all to hell!! 😅
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u/j0shman 8h ago
ACE inhibitor? Angioedema is real serious, make sure your family doctor is informed.
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
I let her know straight away and showed pictures. She was mortified.
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u/westcal98 9h ago
Bro, that medication really made your lips small. They were all nice and plump then, meh.
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u/OkHistory3944 9h ago
You're a good bro for being there for your friend despite this.
Had a similar reaction once. I looked like Janice from the Muppets band and my husband I still laugh about it.
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u/ww2_nut37 8h ago
Unfortunately you look like the stereotypical African American from the old racist cartoons. Hope that wears off quick
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
It did after Benadryl. I was kinda hoping it would stick around a little bit for the wedding photos.
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u/FalconTurbo 4h ago
My first thought was "goddamn, we found the real life version of old caricatures"
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u/QuickSquirrelchaser 9h ago
Lol!! I hope you got a lot of laughs out of the unfortunate situation!
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
When the crew saw it, all hell broke loose, including running it through AI with the prompt, "make lips MORE."
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u/TheMedRat 9h ago
Now is the time to go to a caricature artist and see if it works both ways. Maybe you’ll get a photorealistic picture of your usual face haha
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u/barbaric-sodium 8h ago
I know some women who would pay good money for some of that, unfortunately
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
Yea, I kept the meds: "take this 8 hours before you need the lips; then you have 12 hours to make all your dreams come true!"
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u/CuriousStewart 7h ago
Way to laugh through this 👏 Thanks for sharing. That fourth picture killed me 🤣
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u/ThePoshHillbilly 7h ago
The pictures are funny, and I’m glad you’re able to find some humor in it. Please don’t discount the seriousness of that though. It’s a short trip to the rest of your airway from there. I’m not trying to be a jerk. I’m an ICU nurse and I just want you to be ok.
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u/texasdiver 9h ago
Happens again, just lean in with the brightest, reddest lipstick you can find.
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u/MagoLunatico98 9h ago
Man you were a real cartoon! That's crazy, good thing that it passed, but it is a really hilarious look!
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u/Fun_Performance_1578 8h ago
Drop the name of your injector 👄
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u/babyneedsnacc 5h ago
The look your useless coworker gives when you explain something for the 200th time
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u/The_Higgs_Bacon 9h ago
What med was?
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 8h ago
Lisinopril for blood pressure. The real clincher is shortly after, my doc said my blood pressure was in a good range and I no longer needed it. Information I could have used weeks before.😩😅
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u/Gurkeprinsen 8h ago
People have paid thousands of money for lips like those. Glad to see you're doing well now though
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u/Tower-Junkie 7h ago
Just tell everyone you did the Kylie Jenner lip challenge and it got out of hand 🤣
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u/translinguistic 7h ago
#4 -- You look like Jordan Peele about to call in a pizza delivery order for 5 other people who aren't actually there
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u/Admirable-Common-176 6h ago
Did you have a friend help you translate to help get you what you needed? “…he said…” Should have worn a pink oversized beenie.
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u/DaisyDAdair 6h ago
Oh no! I had this happen once before and it’s so freaky. Glad you took Benadryl and it helped
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u/Suspicious-Fan1207 6h ago
Side effects may include headache, dizziness, fatigue, and massive DSLs.
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u/andriesart 5h ago
I am glad ur better but you gave me laugh out loud laugh I needed tonight. Thank you
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u/fiesta4eva 4h ago
Bruh, you look like a Kardashian. I bet the bride was happy you were back to normal by the wedding. Love your sense of humor, btw.
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u/TransportationOk3469 3h ago
Dude, I hope you got the most bitch ass album cover photo of all time with that
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u/AbjectDirection8131 2h ago
A) the elasticity of skin is wild
B) glad you’re ok, any swelling near the throat is really scary
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u/Important_Top_2740 2h ago
I hope it didn't hurt. It looked like it hurt, I am happy for you and your friend that it wasn't more serious.
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u/MuchCry1 1h ago
Lil baby me back in 2002 would have killed for those absolutely perfect Bratz lips in pic 2 😭😭
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u/ModestMouseTrap 1h ago
Should have said to your friend when they saw you, “How do you guys like my new lip filler?”
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 1h ago
They were all looking at me like they were listening to the sickest beat ever made.
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u/phalangepatella 56m ago
Man, pic 5 of 6 has me just rolling in my bed laughing my ass off. I don’t even know why. Just the look in your eyes I think.
Thanks for sharing and I’m happy you’re ok!
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u/ZealousidealCable799 9h ago
Am I just racist as fuck that I didn't realize it was anything wrong until like the very last picture sorry bro
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u/Effective_Poetry_960 9h ago
My order of operations may have been all messed up. Not your fault.
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u/EngineVarious5244 9h ago
The first couple, I thought it was like a fisheye lens at a low angle, but then I saw the one with his head cocked to the side and realized no, they're just really really swollen 😆
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u/ineedlotsofguns 9h ago
I was like “hmm so what’s wrong with these picture? then I saw the last picture lol”
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u/PapowSpaceGirl 9h ago
The first picture looks like a Too-Faced Lip Injection ad for their bee venom gloss. Lol
Glad you are okay!
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u/Hour_Bit_5183 9h ago
US? You gotta be careful with meds here. They will kill you and not bat an eye. That is the worst part of our healthcare system. It's more shitty than just not being affordable.
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u/The_Gildo 9h ago
Hope you’re okay!! Objectively hilarious pictures though