How Long After Starting Antibiotics Will Chest Infection Be Cured?
16 year old son had flu like symptoms, now has persistant cough, all day and night. dr said he had a chest infection and prescribed 250mg amoxicillin anti biotic. day 2 of taking them how long before he starts to feel better, cough really bad. thank you, worried mum...
Hello This type of severe cough as you mentioned in the query may be due to : 1 Infection , for which your doctor prescribed amoxyccillin 250 mg , so continue this medicine for another 5 days . 2 Allergic bronchitis may be the another cause . When such patient visit I advise them to take montelukast+ fexofenadine tablet one or two in day depending on the severity of symptoms . But if breathlessness , whistling sound present ( during inhalation or exhalation ) I advise my patient to take montelukast+ bambuterol tablet , one or two . 3 I also advise my patient to take codeine+ chlorpheniramine maleat syrup for sever cough . But this syrup is a habit forming drug so use it only in emergency and give you son under your guidance. Hope this will help you. Hot coffee and steam inhalation also help in such type of case. Good luck.
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How Long After Starting Antibiotics Will Chest Infection Be Cured?
Hello This type of severe cough as you mentioned in the query may be due to : 1 Infection , for which your doctor prescribed amoxyccillin 250 mg , so continue this medicine for another 5 days . 2 Allergic bronchitis may be the another cause . When such patient visit I advise them to take montelukast+ fexofenadine tablet one or two in day depending on the severity of symptoms . But if breathlessness , whistling sound present ( during inhalation or exhalation ) I advise my patient to take montelukast+ bambuterol tablet , one or two . 3 I also advise my patient to take codeine+ chlorpheniramine maleat syrup for sever cough . But this syrup is a habit forming drug so use it only in emergency and give you son under your guidance. Hope this will help you. Hot coffee and steam inhalation also help in such type of case. Good luck.