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On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:34:35 -0600, Omelet
wrote:


What I cannot grasp is having an antibiotic "on hand." Every time I
have had a prescription for an antibiotic for myself or one of the
children the order from the doctor was "it doesn't matter if you feel
better in 3 days, take all of the medication as prescribed." If you
don't take it all you may not get all the "bugs" killed and they will
come back even worse.

Are you sure you had a bacterial infection? Are you sure Keflex is
the correct medication for it? And in what dosage and for how long?

Here is one side effect that Webmd mentions about Keflex.
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This medication may rarely cause a severe intestinal condition
(Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea) due to a resistant
bacteria. This condition may occur during treatment or weeks to months
after treatment has stopped. Tell your doctor immediately if you
develop persistent diarrhea, abdominal or stomach pain/cramping,
blood/mucus in your stool. Do not use anti-diarrhea products or
narcotic pain medications if you have any of these symptoms because
these products may make them worse.
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Take my word for it, you do not want this. I had some antibiotics in
when I had surgery in early August. On September 8 I was in the
emergency room and spent 2 days in the hospital to find out what I
had. It took me two rounds of medicine to get rid of it. The
Keopectate went into the garbage.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
 
The Cook wrote:


It's not too uncommon to get a prescription for doxycycline to
start taking in case you get a tick bite. Other than that, I can't
think of any routine situations where one keeps an oral antibiotic
on hand.

Steve
 
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:18:01 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(Steve Pope) wrote:


Those with chronic bronchitis usually have a supply of Amoxicillin to
take as needed, I'm sure there are others with chronic illnesses who
self medicate. I have a supply of antibiotic drops I use for flare
ups for a cat with a chronic eye infection. I was suprised to learn
that I don't need a Rx for insulin but I do need a Rx for syringes.
 
"Steve Pope" wrote


Hydrostatinitis suppurvita (hope I spelled it right, close anyways). Given
a load to take (start) immediately on inception of an event then see Doc
first chance you get (next day or 2). Keflex is one of the lesser versions
of drugs used for this. Safer to leave with a patient for self treatment in
larger (several weeks worth at need) treatment.

I'm sure it's used in other conditions so there's no need to assume Om had
it over that one. Keflex may be given in amounts up to 100 pills at a shot
(had a 500 pill bottle at one time) and taken 4 times a day for a 2 week
duration. You generally can get 25 days worth at a shot if there is a long
term issues that it works with, but obviously only after they check your
medical stats over a period of time to determine the need.
 
cshenk wrote:




Right. I've been given Keflex for skin outbreaks. With my provider,
the procedure would probably to keep web-ordering prescription refills
rather than to take home a gigantic bottle of the stuff.

Steve
 
Janet wrote:


We can only hope that they don't get passed to the surrounding environment
and they don't survive the cremation. (Of course, that first part can only
happen if the pathogens are instantly lethal or the patient is in an
effective quarantine.)

Bob
 
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On Feb 16, 2:09?pm, The Cook wrote:

I have to admit - I once had an RX for Keflex, and altho I know I was
supposed to take it all, I DID keep one 'on tap'. I foolishly thought
it would be good to have on hand in case the same problem occurred and
I could get a head start on it. Seeing a doctor, getting an rx filled
- well, it's not a one hour operation.
 
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On Feb 17, 5:45?am, Janet wrote:

Yeah - bugs me that the program to return unused Rxs requires the
consumer to buy a 2.99 mailer. Why can't the drug industry absorb
this mailing cost and make it free and easy for ppl to return that
stuff? Huh? Why can't the drug stores head up such a program? Huh?


My local police dept. does have a turn in program for drugs, but it's
only one day every so often, not well publicized and a pain to drive
the stuff there. No wonder ppl are flushing the stuff down toilets.

Off soapbox..
 
Omelet wrote:


Actually, you do put others at risk if you've passed on a now drug
resistant bug or cootie to them because you think you know what you're
doing yet don't.

Lots of things cause a fever yet don't respond to Abx.
 
In article , [email protected]
says...


Is that for destruction, or re-use?
If we want to get rid of unused meds here, we can take them to any
chemistshop/pharmacy, but even if the packet is full, unused, in date
and still sealed by the manufacturer, they can't be re-used.

Janet.UK
 
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:44:14 -0000, Janet wrote:


Same in the US. I never heard of a mailer program... in the US
dispensing Rx meds by private individuals will land them in prison.
 
"Steve Pope" wrote


Correct, but the Military can be a little different. If it's something you
need that isnt standard on a ship and you are underway 9 months of the year
on average, they give larger amounts.

Either way, key point here is sometimes meds are prescribed in larger
amounts if there is a need and this definately can include antibiotics
(specifically Keflex and several similar types) when there is a need shown
in advance for longer term usage. It can be issues with many things that
cause the need. I have a friend with recurrant bladder infection issues who
also has larger amounts and is to treat at first sign then come in within a
day or so.

Om *may* be wrong on the food poisoning due to low heat crockpot, but there
is no reason to assume she didn't have keflex for some other need on hand.
It's a fairly low level antibiotic from my view.
 
Julie Bove wrote:



[Keflex]




I'm not sure that any prescripton oral antibiotic is "low level".
If the antibiotic is not capable of eradicating at least some
infections, it is medically useless or possibly dangerous.

I'd say instead it is a "first line" antibiotic.


Steve
 
Sycophant wrote:


No it didn't. The infection ran its course; you said so yourself. You might
just as well have burned a lizard and rubbed its ashes on your head under
the crescent moon for all the good your Keflex did.

Bob
 
"Omelet" wrote in message
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When I was a teen, I fell victim to the antibiotics for zits. Dr. alternated
me between Tetracycline and something else. I think the name was
Mino-something or other. They finally quit working for me so she prescribed
something that my dad had been told (after I had trouble filling the
prescription) had been taken off of the market. I was only able to
partially fill the prescription.

My parents too me to CA as a graduation present. I was on the teacup ride
at Knott's Berry farm when an intense itching began. My mom recognized it
as a yeast infection. I didn't know then about the connection between
antibiotics and that. And neither did my dad. He called the Dr. and yelled
at her for prescribing something that would cause that.

Many years later now and much wiser. I realize that taking antibiotics for
that length of time (several years) was a stupid thing to do. Now when I do
need them, I find that I am resistant to many. I also tend to always get a
yeast infection with them now.

I managed to clear my face on my own, or perhaps I was just old enough to no
longer have the pimples. I read in an old medical book that my mom had to
use laundry soap as a facial cleanser. What was available then was far
different than what we have now. I think it was just gritty powdered soap.
It did really dry my face out for a few days but my skin has been clear ever
since.

My daughter has been pretty lucky. She gets occasional pimples. When she
does, I have her wash her face. I bought her (at her request) some kind of
spinning device with pads on it from Neutrogena. I think it is a
discontinued item. That just clears it up right away.

I think in my case I was doing too many things. My mom had me wash my face
two to three times a day, followed by some sort of toner. Several times a
week she made me use a scrub and a mask. And then there were the potions
that the dermatologist had me use. Like Retin-A. My mom once had to take
me to the Dr. because of a severe chemical burn she had given me by applying
too many products one after another.

Sometimes I think the less you do to your skin the better. My skin is good
now. I rarely ever wash my face. Just water in the shower. No need for a
mask, scrub or even a moisturizer. I quit wearing makeup except for once in
a while a mineral kind.

My daughter tends to have problems at dance picture and recital time. She
is required to wear certain makeup then. Normally she doesn't wear it
although I did buy it for her. I don't know if the makeup causes the
problem or the makeup remover. But she always has breakouts then.
 
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