I was given a medication I'm allergic to. Twice.

Wednesday i went to an urgent care for covid symptoms. they did a test and it came back negative. the doctor told me instead i have an ear infection and gave me amoxicillin. he did not ask if i was allergic to any medications. i am not allergic to penicillin. i am allergic to an inactive ingredient in many cosmetics and pill coatings called Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. i have known this for many years and i cannot have any contact with the ingredient at all. it makes my skin feel like its on fire and raw.

started taking the amoxicillin and the next day started feeling the familiar burning itch. i called the clinic to request a medication change. they apologized for the fact that no one asked if i had any known allergies but stated that my chart said i do not have any allergies. which does not matter. they are supposed to ask on intake at every visit. whatever. they gave me Azithromycin tablets and i went to a different clinic chain to get a steroid shot. (that was a whole nother issues since they did not seem to believe that my allergy was to SLS but to penicillin... its not.)

now i go to take my Azithromycin, but before i do i decide to double check there is no SLS in the inactive ingredients. wow. what would you know? its there!

i have no idea where to go anymore. im in pain and i need the antibiotics. but i've been to two different clinics that don't seem to understand the known allergen is SLS. this whole month has been filled with health scares and dr appointments. now i'm being repeatedly exposed to a known allergen after communicating it to my providers? i hate the united states health care system. im done. i want off this planet!