I did stop both of my antibiotics and I have faith that all will be fine! I was on them a full 5 days and the infection cleared completely by the 2nd day. I will watch the wounds closely and at any sign of infection, I will quickly see a doctor. Remember, I was on TWO antibiotics at the same time and very high doses ... so they cleared it very quickly!
I have read all the horror stories online about stopping antibiotics too soon and such but I also have faith in my own body to heal properly. If I am wrong, then I have another antibiotic that I am able to take (Keflex) that I should have remembered to tell the ER doctor about. These are the ones that I am allergic to as far as we know:
Erythromycin
Levaquin
Penicillin
other meds:
Codeine
Percocet (pain med)
Some of them don't suggest Keflex since it is a derivative of Penicillin, but so far I have always done well on it .... except the impending yeast infection I always get afterwards! If they just go ahead and RX me a Diflucan pill then that's no problem at all.
I will try to remember to mention the stopping of my AB's tomorrow when I go for another rabies shot. If the RN thinks it is a big deal then I will see about getting a script for Keflex. OK?
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