Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Things to remember now I'm leaving the hospital

  • Take Aciclovir 200mg twice a day for prevention of herpes viral infection for 1 month.
  • The rash will probably come back for a few days, don't panic just take Chlorphenamine 4mg every 4-6 hours (no more than 6 times a day) take as needed.
  • If you feel sick or nauseous take 50mg Cyclizine up to 3times a day, take as required. I took this for the first 4 days on Lemtrada but as I hadn't been or felt sick, I stopped taking it as I didn't need it.
  • Avoid listeria risk foods to eliminate risk of listerisosis, which can cause serious infection in the immune compromised. You should be provided guidance from the hospital, but you can find loads of info on the internet easily enough.
Remembering to take the medication wasn't so bad, but giving up cold meats to avoid listeria risk is hitting me hard, I can't even buy shop bought sandwiches!

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