Posted: 11/26/2007 8:20:25 AM EDT
| I'm coming down with a cold (stuffy head, sore throat, runny nose etc...) and I have some Amoxicillin that a dentist gave me a few months back, can I take this to help with the cold? |
Not a doc but NO Antibiotics do NOTHING for viral problems People doing things like this are why MSRA and other drug resistant bugs are making great gains. first of all you should have not had any antibiotics left second of all you don't use old antibiotics third of all you have no idea if it is viral or bacterial fourth of all I don't care what you do to your health but the damage to the public health by over/miss use of antibiotics I do care about |
I very rarely take any kind of medicine much less antibiodics, infact the last time that I took some was 05 when I had bronchitis. Thanks for the quick answer!! |
When you are perscribed an antibiotic, you should take the ENTIRE perscription as directed. There should never be any "leftovers". By not taking the entire perscription, you take the chance of not only having the infection regrow, but also mutate into a form that further antibiotics cannot kill. Please pay more attention to the instructions on your medications in the future! -Troy |