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Suggest Treatment For Abscesses Behind Knees Not Responding To Antibiotics

Hello doc unfortunately I m a I.v. user of opiods and I recently had two abscesses behind both knees and I ve taken antibiotics and they are both scabs but my legs are still swollen the swelling started with the abscesses about two months ago and now I m a little worried and need advice about what to do
Thu, 16 Apr 2015
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For abscesses not responding to routine antibiotics you have to go for culture and sensitivity test result and than take some antibiotic as per the report. Mostly you can take tab linezolid 600 mg or tab zipod-cv twice daily after meals with tab brufen or tab combiflam three times daily after meals for pain with cap omez or cap pantop twice daily empty stomach. You also have to use neosporin powder for local application. Maintain hygiene of your body. If still persist than you have to take tab dexona 5 mg for 10 days. Than go for incision and drainage under strict aseptic precautions.
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Suggest Treatment For Abscesses Behind Knees Not Responding To Antibiotics

For abscesses not responding to routine antibiotics you have to go for culture and sensitivity test result and than take some antibiotic as per the report. Mostly you can take tab linezolid 600 mg or tab zipod-cv twice daily after meals with tab brufen or tab combiflam three times daily after meals for pain with cap omez or cap pantop twice daily empty stomach. You also have to use neosporin powder for local application. Maintain hygiene of your body. If still persist than you have to take tab dexona 5 mg for 10 days. Than go for incision and drainage under strict aseptic precautions.