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Is Treating An Ingrown Nail Root With Epsom Salt Safe While On Levofloxacin?
I m taking Levofloxacin for a infection I have on my big toe where as I had the ingrown nail roots on both sides taken out a year ago and I went to my Dr. and he put me on this for 5 days at 500 mg, my question is while taking this can I go ahead and soak my foot in Epson Salt warm soaks for a couple of times a day?
Wed, 21 Sep 2016
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Ingrown toe nail can cause severe discomfort and usually presents with pain, redness, swelling and sometimes discharge. A course of antibiotics are given to treat the infection along with pain medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen that may help with the inflammation. Soaking the feet in epsom salt usually helps with providing soothing effect and eases the pain to some extent. You can continue to do it twice daily and there is no known interaction with levofloxacin. Maintaining good foot hygiene would help.
Ingrown toe nail can cause severe discomfort and usually presents with pain, redness, swelling and sometimes discharge. A course of antibiotics are given to treat the infection along with pain medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen that may help with the inflammation. Soaking the feet in epsom salt usually helps with providing soothing effect and eases the pain to some extent. You can continue to do it twice daily and there is no known interaction with levofloxacin. Maintaining good foot hygiene would help.
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