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How Long Does Sinusitis And Chest Congestion Take To Cure?
I was given a prescription for generic Monodox yesterday as I went to see a doctor for a sinus infection, chest congestion, aches, feeling chilly. How soon can I expect to see some results, I have only taken three pills so far, and I have 17 pills to go.
Wed, 9 Jan 2019
Hello,
The answer to your question is: you should wait for 2-4 days for the effects of medication to start.
It means that after taking 4-8 doses of Monodox the person should feel better, depending on the specific health condition and whether the drug will work for this condition.
Monodox is doxycycline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, effective against numerous gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
The best way to determine that Monodox is right for you is to have a culture of your secretions and test its microbial flora for susceptibility to doxycycline.
I guess that your doctor has given you this drug empirically, meaning he/she did not have a culture of your secretions and did not perform an antibiogram.
This is the way how patients are treated generally in primary health care settings: you give a broad-spectrum antibiotic and hope that the causative bacteria will be susceptible to that antibiotic!
Therefore, in case that after 3-4 days you will not see any improvement, then you should consider contacting your doctor again and discuss the possibility of switching to another drug.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Ervin Toçi, General & Family Physician
The answer to your question is: you should wait for 2-4 days for the effects of medication to start.
It means that after taking 4-8 doses of Monodox the person should feel better, depending on the specific health condition and whether the drug will work for this condition.
Monodox is doxycycline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, effective against numerous gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
The best way to determine that Monodox is right for you is to have a culture of your secretions and test its microbial flora for susceptibility to doxycycline.
I guess that your doctor has given you this drug empirically, meaning he/she did not have a culture of your secretions and did not perform an antibiogram.
This is the way how patients are treated generally in primary health care settings: you give a broad-spectrum antibiotic and hope that the causative bacteria will be susceptible to that antibiotic!
Therefore, in case that after 3-4 days you will not see any improvement, then you should consider contacting your doctor again and discuss the possibility of switching to another drug.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Ervin Toçi, General & Family Physician
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