Colcrys for Hives?  I have MCAD and for the first time ever I have broken out in hives that cover my body and my lips and eyes are swelling.  This has been going on since Thanksgiving.  I have tried a steroid pac and that did not help.  I went to an allergist and she prescribed Colcrys (which is a gout medication and I do not have gout) for the hives - she said it works well for hives.  Has anyone taken this medication and if so, did it help?
Thank you in advance
Gayle

A.M. Meds
10 mg Zyrtec
1 grain Armour Thyroid

4:00 P.M. Meds
25 mg vistaril

That's all I take and it's always worked, but right now my Hashimoto's disease is not stable and I'm terribly anemic.

I used to take Allegra for many years, but it stopped working, so i switched to Zyrtec - and it doesn't make me sleepy - and I've taken the Vistaril for so long that it doesn't make me sleepy either.

I tried Gastrocom and it made me feel terrible -and I wanted it to work so bad!!! I've tried it three times and each time it makes me feel yucky.

I have an appointment with my mast cell doc on Feb. 20th -so I will talk to him about different meds.  Maybe I should try Allegra again, or Claritin.

Hi. You are welcome. Don't bother with Claritin. It is a waste of time and not as useful as the newer antihistamines. Most people who take Gastrocrom or Cromolyn report that at first when they take it, it does make them feel horrible. They seem to have to take it for quite a while, maybe a month, before they suddenly see a great improvement and then they are very happy with the results. Now, what do I think of that and would I take it for that month to get to the good results? I guess that would depend upon how badly I felt while on the Gastrocrom and how badly my symptoms were without taking the Gastrocrom.

Since I go into anaphylaxis, I get really nervous about trying new things. I could put up with feeling horrible, but anaphylaxis can be fatal, so that gets me very worried. Many people who have Mastocytosis do not experience anaphylaxis, yet they tend to feel worse on a daily basis. People with MCAS or IA (Idiopathic Anaphylaxis, which I have) tend to go into anaphylactic shock but feel better on a daily basis if they have the right meds.

The reason that I take Allegra and Zyrtec is that my doc, Dr. Akin, when he first put me on histamine blockers years ago, advised that I take both rather than Zyrtec in the morning and evening as I had been doing. At that time, he had found that his patients had better success with taking both allegra and Zyrtec rather than just one twice a day. So, you might want to think about trying that.