Does penicillin work if you 'know' you are going to capture tonsillitis?
Bit of a random question i know!
Basically my girlfriend has tonsillitis, i be prone to it back in the day and be given a repeat prescription of penicillin, so i've still got LOADS stacked away in the cupboard.
Even though i feel strong and fine, but cannot afford to get ill over the next few weeks. Can i whip the penicillin to prevent myself from getting tonsillitis in the next few days?
Thanks!
Answers:
First of all, throw away all you have moved out, antibiotics expire after a few weeks.
Second, it will do no good to take antibiotics before you grasp sick, as you can actually build a resistance to said antibiotic. Best to go to a dr.
If it get infected againt, I honestly don't recall if anybody still used penicillin for tonsillitis. There's nothing wrong with penicillin; it's a great antibiotic, I lately don't know what the sensitivity profile is. Most GPs these days seem to like to use amoxicillin or Augmenting (same entity plus clavulanate, a beta lactamase inhibitor) but I haven't treated this in a long time. Maybe penicillin has adequate coverage. Now within terms of how you know that you'll get it and if what you have is expired, I would urge you to enjoy this formally diagnosed by a physician rather than speculate. If it's complaicated, say with a peritonsillar abscess, the treatment will be more than in recent times antibiotics, so I urge you not to pre-treat. If you start getting sick, see the physician and they will pick the most appropriate agent for you, my son.
if it's bacterial, then penicillin
if it's allergy, later penicillin wouldn't work
if you always had bacterial tonsillitis, then it would work.
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Basically my girlfriend has tonsillitis, i be prone to it back in the day and be given a repeat prescription of penicillin, so i've still got LOADS stacked away in the cupboard.
Even though i feel strong and fine, but cannot afford to get ill over the next few weeks. Can i whip the penicillin to prevent myself from getting tonsillitis in the next few days?
Thanks!
Answers:
First of all, throw away all you have moved out, antibiotics expire after a few weeks.
Second, it will do no good to take antibiotics before you grasp sick, as you can actually build a resistance to said antibiotic. Best to go to a dr.
If it get infected againt, I honestly don't recall if anybody still used penicillin for tonsillitis. There's nothing wrong with penicillin; it's a great antibiotic, I lately don't know what the sensitivity profile is. Most GPs these days seem to like to use amoxicillin or Augmenting (same entity plus clavulanate, a beta lactamase inhibitor) but I haven't treated this in a long time. Maybe penicillin has adequate coverage. Now within terms of how you know that you'll get it and if what you have is expired, I would urge you to enjoy this formally diagnosed by a physician rather than speculate. If it's complaicated, say with a peritonsillar abscess, the treatment will be more than in recent times antibiotics, so I urge you not to pre-treat. If you start getting sick, see the physician and they will pick the most appropriate agent for you, my son.
if it's bacterial, then penicillin
if it's allergy, later penicillin wouldn't work
if you always had bacterial tonsillitis, then it would work.
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