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the gf is sick with a throat infection and im certain im starting to get it
i still have some amoxicillin left from the last time i had something ... would it be ok to start taking them before i see the doctor ? no doubt by the time i get to see the doctor the infection will get much worse so whats the point in letting it ?
but then what if the doctor gives me penicillian instead ? if i explained to him would he give me amoxicillin ?
i still have some amoxicillin left from the last time i had something ... would it be ok to start taking them before i see the doctor ? no doubt by the time i get to see the doctor the infection will get much worse so whats the point in letting it ?
but then what if the doctor gives me penicillian instead ? if i explained to him would he give me amoxicillin ?
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If the GP does prescribe antibiotics i think he probably would prescribe pencillin, if you've got tonsiliitus or something, so amoxicillin is not going to help anyway...see your GP
amoxicillin is rubbish. doctor gave me some for my chest infection and they did naff all! got some thing called arethramycin (know it's not spelt like that but it'll do!).
ring the docs in the morning and get an appointment.
Erythromycin?
yeh that's what i mean.
though i guess amoxicillin might work for some symptoms and not others therefore explaining why it was a waste of £6.50 for moi.
I cant believe how much the prescription charge has become...the price you pay for one little packt of tablets that cost pennies to roduce!! :rolleyes: Luckily here in Wales we get free prescriptions until the age of 25 :yes:
ive picked it up from the gf ... she went to the doctor and got given antibitoics, the chances of it being something different are very slim
the antibiotics are from middle of last year
i really cant see the point in sitting and letting it get worse
and yes, ive got them left over from something else, i cant even remember, but theres still a good few left ..
buuuut .. what if it starts half clearing up and i go see the doctor and they decide i dont have a throat infection :chin:
Make sure u get to the doc quick because 'left overs' arent going to be enough to kill whatever is causing your symptoms.
You'd be surprised how expensive some medicines are. 3 that i noticed today for example on the invoice; an anti-convulsant £31, an anti-psychotic over £90, and the other was Vesicare which im not familar with but it was £30 a box.
But true, anti-biotics are cheap, especially when get somein boxes of 500.
if you only take 1/2 the ammount that you are ment to you wont have killed everything and so it will probably come back, plus you are adding to strains of resistant bateria that are being created by people doing exactly what you describe - only taking 1/2 a course of the tablets.
To sum up, taking old antibiotics, when not prescribed, is a very stupid thing to do. Go to the doctor if you have any sense.
i dont really see the problem .. they're not that old and im gonna get more off the doctor anyway ..
As is the price you guys pay!! Oh my god I'm jelous, without my insurance I have over $600 a month in meds, and I only take 4 different ones
:eek2: he asked!
if the left over antibiotics from last time clear up the throat infection enough then im sure theres a chance that the doctor will say that i don't have a throat infection ? i dunno
and don't listen to that turlough one, thanks for all the replies :thumb:
like someone else has said, with many drugs you're paying way under the price that they actually cost. and yes, with some you'll pay over but i think it's a good system. my nanna has bone cancer and her drugs are quite expensive but only has to pay £6.50 for them.
True, but a lot of the basic drugs prescribed are cheaper than the £6.50 to produce...and if that particular drug, for example pain killers if you have got sciatica, does not work then you have to pay again for something else. Take for example epilim, an anti-epiletic drug which the patient cannot live without, it costs lss than £2 to make, yet the prescription charge is £6.50 (think it is £5 something in Wales) Admittedly some drugs you will get a bargain for cos they are expensive to manufacture, but for a lot of prescriptions that price is quite high.
but kinda equals out the fact that many are very expensive to produce. so, a good system i'd say. i know if i had cancer or something like my nanna that i wouldn't like the idea of paying however much for my medicine.