I hope this is okay to post here as it is not directly related to Cdiff.
Is anyone else nervous about taking antibiotics such as Cipro, Bactrim etc in general?
I have done a lot of reading about the quinolones in particular (cipro, avelox, floxin etc) and they just seem really nasty!
I wonder though if perhaps I have just been influenced by too many alarmist sites...and really the side-effects aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be?
I have to start a 2 week cycle of cipro tomorrow and much more anxious than I think I should be.
Anyone else scared of antibiotics? (perhaps irrationally?)
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Once a C. differ, always a C. differ. The fear of antibiotics lingers because we know the bad side effects. Unfortunately, some of us will have to take antibiotics in the future. Just be sure they are absolutely necessary.
I am at high risk of C. diff. -- had it for 4 yrs. (l993-l997) & again in l999 --pneumonia. Last Nov. I got pneumonia again & tolerated a Zpak. No one was more surprised than I was. Go figure!!!
I am at high risk of C. diff. -- had it for 4 yrs. (l993-l997) & again in l999 --pneumonia. Last Nov. I got pneumonia again & tolerated a Zpak. No one was more surprised than I was. Go figure!!!
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