For me this is the 1st sign that I am allergic to a medication, also comes the slightly swollen throat and I know to get off of whatever is causing that problem and I take some Benadryl.
I was on Tegretol, I started off by itching and ended up with Steven Johnson’s Disease. Please be careful with this drug, it works for TN but can potentially create other problems. I wish you all the best with your treatment.
Hi lucky 13. Yes, my head especially is always very itchy. Recently my whole torso and back we’re extremely itchy and it turned into hives for 2 months. I thought it was one of the meds. Ironically I got a remission during this time and weened off the meds. The hives continued. It was miserable. My pain came roaring back. I’m back on meds. No hives. It’s all a mystery.
I had this med and was ok up to a certain degree, then when I upped it 10mg my hands and feet itched like crazy 1 hour afterwards. The nurse told me I would be allergic straight off but the doctor told me we have a tolerance level and react past that only, so maybe you have an allergy. I switched to lyrica/ pregablin and was ok, I remember the dose of tegretol just before I had a reaction, I was a star cadet on high ;D had same reaction on lyrica full dose, I couldn't see a thing and had to crawl for a day, but day later I was fine on it :)