[sylvia]

prophylactic antibiotics?

by sylvia on Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:50 pm

Do your physicians prescribe prophylactic antibiotics if you have a fever or other symptoms of a cold? If so, what kind?

[Beacon Staff]

Re: prophylactic antibiotics?

by Beacon Staff on Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:45 am

Dr. Paul Richardson from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute said:

"We have a low threshold for using Zithromax (azithromycin) or clarithromycin (Biaxin) for chest symptoms, or Augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) or quinolone antibiotics for sinus infections.

Recurrent and especially serious infections may benefit from immune globulin replacement therapy."