Insult to Injury

[kevin_standlee]

We just noticed that the pharmacy substituted a generic version of one of the medications prescribed by the doctor. The generic (unlike the name brand) is yellow colored, which probably means it includes Yellow Dye to which Lisa is allergic. We hadn't brought it with the pharmacist because the doctor had looked up the medication in the PDR and said the pills are white or blue. Our mistake was not opening the bottles while at the pharmacy. Now we have to go back tomorrow and see if they can do something about it.

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[garyomaha.livejournal.com]

How did Lisa discover she's allergic to Yellow Dye? There are so many things in the world to which one could be allergic -- was it a sudden reaction just after taking some pill?

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Process of elimination. It's not that she'll keel over in shock if she takes one yellow pill or eats one Nacho Cheese Doritos chip, but that it appears to build up in her body and make her ill over time. It's not a confirmed-by-doctors diagnosis, but worked out by hard experience over the years. She assumes it is the aluminum oxides in the yellow dye to which she's sensitive in some way.