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How Should Tinnitus With Any Residual Symptoms Due To Omniscan Be Treated?

I was given Omniscan 10 years ago for an MR arthrogram. Immediately following is the test I developed catastrophic tinnitus.I also suffered a lot of other symptoms that seem to be tied to Omniscan.some of those include deep hip joint pain and a hardening of muscle tissue and connective tissue in my breasts and it was very painful.the other symptoms that they said some people hadI suddenly had broken out in hives for about a year. I never had that before or after that.except for the tinnitus which has never gone away the other symptoms happened within that 2 to 18 month period after that injection.
Thu, 23 Jul 2015
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Hi.
Thanks for your query, read and understood your history and concerns.
You got the rarest of the reaction of the omniscan injection as it contains the iodine and the preservatives.
These compounds cause sort of a fixed drug reactions and give the responses in the form that you have suffered including the hip joint, the breasts and muscle problems.
They make compounds to be fixed into the tissues.
There is no active treatment other that steroids and antihistamines.
Over the years the complexes will be dissolved by the body and you may get the relief.
Till then make a list of foods that contain more iodine and stop them.
Also there can be other things in foods and beverages that can cause such reactions, once noticed, you should never consume such products.
Say no to the preserved foods at any coast.
Consult a good Physician who can prescribe you steroids in tapering dosages.
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How Should Tinnitus With Any Residual Symptoms Due To Omniscan Be Treated?

Hi. Thanks for your query, read and understood your history and concerns. You got the rarest of the reaction of the omniscan injection as it contains the iodine and the preservatives. These compounds cause sort of a fixed drug reactions and give the responses in the form that you have suffered including the hip joint, the breasts and muscle problems. They make compounds to be fixed into the tissues. There is no active treatment other that steroids and antihistamines. Over the years the complexes will be dissolved by the body and you may get the relief. Till then make a list of foods that contain more iodine and stop them. Also there can be other things in foods and beverages that can cause such reactions, once noticed, you should never consume such products. Say no to the preserved foods at any coast. Consult a good Physician who can prescribe you steroids in tapering dosages.