Using The Same Antibiotic Five Days Later (Top voted first)

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Hi there, I was prescribed a z-pac for a dental infection while the dentist was out of the office. When I went to see him three days later, he gave me an additional prescription for Augmentin to start after the z-pac was finished. The z-pac seemed effective and I was pain free by the time I started the Augmentin which I took for ten days. Five days after completing the Augmentin, the pain returned with a vengeance. I have five more days until I see the dentist for a root canal. In the meantime, which antibiotic would be best to take? Would it be wise to go back to the Augmentin or the z-pac again? There's no way to tell whether this is a new infection or the original infection, although since the root is completely dead, the infection likely never went away. Thanks so much for your help!

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Only your doctor or dentist can advise you on which one you need to take, now.

The FDA lists the typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, diarrhea, and non-allergic skin rash.

If you have pain, however, then the root likely is not dead, otherwise it wouldn't hurt.

Has anything changed? Did they give you anything for pain?

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My dentist told me the root is completely dead. Infection is setting in because of that and the infection is causing pain in the surrounding tissue. Until the root canal happens, this will likely continue. The dentist ended up prescribing another z-pac which is working. Pain relievers weren't helping with this. I really just wanted to know whether Augmentin could be effective on a new or recurring infection five days after last taking it. You are correct: Only my dentist could decide which to take. I wondered if anyone else had received information from their doc or dentist about the efficacy of a repeat antibiotic under these circumstances. Thanks anyway.

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The root is not dead nor can a dentist tell you that the root is dead. The tooth is decaying , causing infection or the decay is causing nerve pain thus the need for a procedure to remove the nerves (root canal) . If the nerve were dead then you would have no feeling in the tooth and no pain whether there was an infection or not. You do not need another antibiotic. You need medicine for pain and inflammation before and after the procedure . Do not assume that a degree equals intelligence. The world is overloaded with Doctors and Dentists that are not qualified to actually heal people and DO NO HARM.

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Are you a dentist? This is what my DENTIST told me, so I'm inclined to take his word for it. The root is dead. The fact that there is now decaying dead material in there is causing an infection which will continue to happen until the dead tissue is removed. The infection is causing serious discomfort in the surrounding tissue and, in both cases, the antibiotic has made a difference. Seriously, my question had nothing to do with your opinion about what my dentist told me.

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I sincerely apologize ; I meant no disrespect to you . I was an assistant to a prosthodontist for many years . I simply noticed that you were misinformed and therefore asking the wrong question. Decay in a tooth CAN cause infection, abcess , inflammation and swollen gums etc . This leads to the nerve becoming inflamed or damaged causing severe pain. I would rather give birth then suffer nerve pain in a tooth with caries . So , you see, it is the decay that needs to be removed and most times the nerve along with it because it may be completely damaged from the decay and most times will not return to normal but cause intense pain. I have never seen a nerve just die in a normal healthy tooth unless there is a good amount of decay close to that nerve . The decay and nerve needs to go . Are you on antibiotics because you cannot have the work done right away? Personally I would find a good Endodontist and get the work done asap. Prolonged antibiotics are just going to really mess up your intestinal flora and then you'll end up with candida.

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I purchased a zpac yesterday due to a cold and it is a steroid.

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