Ibuprofen or Motrin allergy?

[abstonka]

Anyone have a toddler who is allergic to ibuprofen or motrin? If so, how long after giving the medicine did you see hives? I gave my son generic motrin last night around 7 pm, and today I noticed hives at 5 pm. He was at preschool all day, but I think the teacher would have noticed. So far the hives are only on one leg and on both arms. He had not had any of that medicine in months. Thanks!

[WolfpackMom]

My DN is allergic to it, however, I would think the hives would show up faster than almost 24 hours later. Maybe he just got a contact allergy or something.

[bubbaray]

That's almost 24hrs after the dose -- IME, that is waaaay too late for a drug reaction. I would probably not give it again until you spoke with a dr, but from my experience with food allergies (which granted are different than drug allergies), 24hrs later is to late to be scientifically linked.

JMHO

[wendibird22]

I agree that they may not be connected. Where you giving the med for a fever/illness? Hives are very common reaction to a virus so if your LO is sick it is possible that the hives are related to the illness and not the med.

[RunnerDuck]

My husband is allergic - he will react quite quickly if he takes it. I have never had a problem giving it to my kids - generally I give tylenol just in case - but if I do use motrin I watch them closely - have not had a problem. ~22 hours later, I would not blame the motrin.