Description of Event or Problem · 1
ADHESIVE ADVERSE REACTION; I WAS USING A ZIO PATCH HEART MONITOR, APPLIED (B)(6) 2021. IT STARTED ITCHING WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO. BY (B)(6) 2021 IT WAS ITCHING A LOT, AND MY FACE WAS SWELLING AND TURNING RED. I WENT TO THE ER AND WAS TREATED WITH BENADRYL AND FAMOTIDINE. I REMOVED THE ZIO PATCH AT THE ER. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK I DEVELOPED HIVES AND SEVERE ITCHING AT THE ATTACHMENT SITE, AND ON MY ARMS, HEAD FACE AND TORSO. I VISITED MY PCP ON (B)(6) 2021 AND SHE PRESCRIBED BETAMETHASONE FOR ONE WEEK AS NEEDED, WHICH I USED. THE HIVES AND ITCHING DID NOT BEGIN TO IMPROVE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK - AROUND (B)(6) 2021. I CONTINUED TO TAKE BENADRYL AND FAMOTIDINE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, STOPPING BENADRYL ABOUT (B)(6) 2021. TODAY IS (B)(6) 2021 AND I AM STILL ITCHING, THE SKIN TEXTURE WHERE THE PATCH WAS APPLIED HAS CHANGED, AND I STILL HAVE A RASH, BUT IT DOES NOT ITCH. NOTE THAT I STARTED A MEDROL PACK ON (B)(6) 2021 SO THERE IS SOME QUESTION REGARDING WHAT CAUSED MY FACIAL SWELLING BUT GIVEN THE RASH THAT I ENDED UP WITH IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE PATCH IS WHAT CAUSED MY PROBLEM. I DO HAVE A HISTORY OF POOR REACTION TO ADHESIVES. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I HAD A SYSTEMIC REACTION TO A LIDOCAINE PATCH WHICH I ATTRIBUTED TO A LIDOCAINE RESPONSE, BUT IN RETROSPECT (AFTER THIS RECENT EPISODE) I AM WONDERING IF IT WAS THE ADHESIVE IN THE PATCH INSTEAD, AND NOT THE LIDOCAINE. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID # (B)(4).