sulfasalazine

Hi i am very new to any types of forums so hopefully i will work this out! I was put on sulfasalazine at the beginning of the year taking 1 aday, on the 7th day i had my hair hi lighted with the normal salon and dye that i have used for 13 years! That evening i became unwell with uncontrollable shaking, shivers and sickness. I stopped the meds and saw my GP who wasnt sure if it was the hair dye or sulfasalazine so told me to stop them for 1 week and try them again. So the following week i took 1 tablet and about 4 hrs later i was in terrible pain down both legs then my arms i was terribly sick and had to ring emergency drs? The next day i was bed ridden and had the drs out to me, all my joints had become inflamed and very sore! I had had a terrible allergic reaction to this medicine that my doctor had seen before. It took me 4 days to get somewhere normal again. Has this happened to anyone else? Thank you

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