f1freak 0 #1 May 10, 2007 I have a severe case of Tonsilittis (thats what the doc told me anyways) Well they gave me Levaquin and told me i shold feel much better by the next day. well it's been 2 now and I hurt worse than ever.... I cant sleep, eat, and now I cant even drink anything. How long should I wait to let the meds work before going back in there. He also gave me pain pills and said they would work really good, but they only take my headache away for about 3 hours and nothing for the pain when i swallow This SUXHAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #2 May 10, 2007 well I learned this the hard way. When medicine is not working and it should you should immediately go back to the doctor. They could have misdiagnosed you, or can give you something else, stronger maybe. p.s. I'm not a doctor, I just play one on dz.com Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #3 May 10, 2007 I would lean towards returning today... that or at least calling the doc up and letting them know that the drugs don't seem to be working for you... but that's just my 0.02 dollarsLivin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PikzeeVikzen 0 #4 May 10, 2007 Not all meds work for all people. I'd go back. I've learned the hold way that "maybe it will go away" are quite possibly the 5 most dangerous words in my vocabulary. I'm the twist that turns your key.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #5 May 10, 2007 Quote p.s. I'm not a doctor, bit i did stay at a holliday inn express last night... Fixed that quote for you..... Thats the way i was thinking, but i dont want to rush right back in if it really could take longerHAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #6 May 10, 2007 First.. You must sanitize your throat with Alcohol.. Lots of it. Patron is very good for this. If that doesn’t work, Go to the medicine cabinet and take 2 of each.. whatever you find. If that doesn’t work.. You need a Tracheotomy. Find an Old Ink pen.. Wipe it off real good on your jeans and then shove it through your Throat. Then Apply more alcohol to sanitize. Or you might just try calling a Real Doctor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #7 May 10, 2007 1) Do NOT stop the Levaquin 2) Drink a good amount of fluids even if it hurts 3) Call your doctor and ask him if you should be doing anything else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #8 May 10, 2007 HAHAHAHA.... True. I'm not gonna die tonight and I know we have several real doctors that post on this forum. I just thought i'd try to get a little free advice before i spend another 200 bucks for a 5 minute office visit and he tells me to go home.HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #9 May 10, 2007 Call the Dr.... Beginning of March I went 3 days running a high grade fever - finally made it into urgent care, my BP was 80 / 40 and my red blood cell count was so low they insisted I go to the ER immediately. Had I went to the Dr. or contacted the Dr. earlier I would not have faced what I did (trust me it wasn't fun). It's just a phone call.... your life is much more important than that. edited to add: you're worried about a $200.00 office visit.... try a $5000.00 ER visit (I haven't even received the Dr. bill yet). g"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #10 May 10, 2007 Ok... If i dont feel any better in the morning than I need to call them back and mak an appt.... thanks I just want to eat and sleep again.... This has beed going on since last sat but i was out of town on buisness till monday.... and yep i'm a baby when i'm sick HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyl20 0 #11 May 10, 2007 I'm not a dr. just a paramedic/ combat medic but I've worked in the ER and urgent care clinics. first off keep taking your leviaqin, drink lots of fluids, and an anti-inflamitroy will help your throat. Motrin 800mg will work depending on what other meds you have. If eating is hard for you try getting a lidocaine mouthwash to gargle with before you eat, it's sold under hurricane spray or vicks cloraseptic. If you have a fever over 103 call your doctor. What other meds did they give you and in what dose? Adding anti inflamitorys can be dangerous unless I know what else your taking Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #12 May 10, 2007 Hey... Yeah the other is hydrocodone/apap 5mg/500mg I keep trying to drink water and gatoraid but it keeps getting tougher and tougher.... right now id just rather not swallow at all. I have to concentrate so hard just to get it down. I jusy hope when i wake up in the morning it will fell better or else i'll go back to that doc. Thanks HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyl20 0 #13 May 10, 2007 youre good to take 800mg of motrin/ Ibuprophin every 8 hours it's a good anti inflamitory and an okay pain killer. If you can stop by a wallgreens and get a clorosepitc spray, if you see a doctor ask for a lidocaine mouthwash you might be able to get it at your local pharmacey too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #14 May 10, 2007 Yeah... I've been taking my hydorcodone 1 every 4 hours (sometimes a little sooner at night) and i have chloreseptic and it helps with the pain for a bit, but now what ever i try to swallow tries to come out my nose because my throught is so swollen.....I'll do like the nurse said and just wait for tomorrow and see if it feels better or i'll be making the first appt for the day.... I kinda thought it was weird when he looke in my mouth for (for real 1 second) walked out and grabbed some trial meds (that was cool cuz thats a 100 + dollar script) but i told i have had this before and it was an absess behind my tonsil.... he never looked. I dont know I'm not a docotor just a whiny sick dude HAHAHAHAHA HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woodpecker 0 #15 May 10, 2007 levaquin takes about 3-5 days to actually work, which is why you should have gotten 5 days worth. I'm guessing 500mg on day one then 250mg for the next 4 days is your therapy? Might be a little higher depending on age, weight, etc..... Anyway, wait it out and if the pain doesnt start to fade by day 4, call your dr. Then you will probably be switched to pen unless your allergic to it. Not a Dr. pharmacist though lots of water, sleep, and finish the therapy though. SONIC WOODY #146 There is a fine line between cockiness and confidence -- which side of the line are you on? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #16 May 10, 2007 Call the doctor today. And just to repeat it... Keep taking the levaquin. Take the ibuprofen and hydrocodone on a regular basis for the first few days for the discomforts. Liquids, whatever works (hot tea, cool water, popsicles, chicken noodle soup) If you have trouble breathing - go to the ER. Here's more info on Tonsilitis I hope you start feeling better soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #17 May 10, 2007 Thanks I did.... I hoped you yould reply I have used all of the hydorcodone they gave (since it should have felft better in a day) so i bought some advile and it is doing the same for me. I'll just keep trying to take little sips of water and see how i feel in the morning..... I with i could tie some fishing line from this tonsil and to a door and just rip it out. I thought i hurt after gettin in my motorcycle accident.... right now just trying to force myself to swallow is so much worse,,,,, well we'll see what happens tomorrow Thanks HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #18 May 10, 2007 If you read the link that I had in my post.... this might last up to 2wks . Even with proper treatment. Sometimes it just takes time for the body to fight those nasty bugs. Hopefully you have someone to spoil you and at least make you feel better psychologically if not physically (and remember, endorphins are very helpful..... so if you have the stregth and desire.... just don't kiss her and give her the same bug!!! ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #19 May 10, 2007 If you read the link that I had in my post.... this might last up to 2wks Throat cultures may be positive for a couple weeks, but you should feel better within 72 hours. If not, you need to follow-up with your physician. Depending on whether a culture was done at the time of diagnosis, there could be other causes that need to be identified. Mono, for instance, can leave ya' with a bad spleen. Also, if they did cultures, they should have sensitivities back. Levaquin may not be the best choice of abx. In my first 6 months of residency, I admitted a patient from the ER who later died from peritonsillar abscess...wouldn't want to miss that.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #20 May 10, 2007 Still standing by the statement that it might be a while before you're up and running. Not trying to get in a pissing contest with Lindsey (Note: I'm not trying to say that she doesn't know what she's talking about and fully acknowledging the fact that I'm an OB/Gyn...) but I would go by what the ENT sources would say... siince tonsilitis is their field. But still - keep in close contact with your doctor. Let them know how you are feeling and whether they think you should come in or not. Different areas have different "bugs" going around and the "flu"s that we get here might be different from what is in your area. Your Dr would know though... Doesn't mean you have to go in every day and pay $200 each time you pass go... just make sure you communicate with them about how you're doing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #21 May 10, 2007 lol....no pissing contestant here either. It's just that even though a person *may* have symptoms for longer, if you're not better in 72 hours, most of us want to see you again. That's because usually symptoms do get better in that time period, and if they don't most of us want to make sure there's not something worse going on...like peritonsilar abscess, for instance. What starts out as a run-of-the mill problem can turn into something much worse. If it doesn't resolve in a typical time frame, then it's smart to be re-checked. That's all.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #22 May 11, 2007 So if I have toncillitus and I go down on a woman, can she get a bacterial infection?Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilDevil 2 #23 May 11, 2007 Quote Thanks I did.... I hoped you yould reply I have used all of the hydorcodone they gave (since it should have felft better in a day) so i bought some advile and it is doing the same for me. I'll just keep trying to take little sips of water and see how i feel in the morning..... I with i could tie some fishing line from this tonsil and to a door and just rip it out. I thought i hurt after gettin in my motorcycle accident.... right now just trying to force myself to swallow is so much worse,,,,, well we'll see what happens tomorrow Thanks Oh I realy feel for you been there myself, I ended up having mine out at 21, and ive had very few sore throats since. Hope you feel better soon, hey if you can drink coke it kills all germs after you have them out they tell you to drink it to close the holes :-(``````````````````````````````````` " Cant keep a good woman down " Angels have wings, but devils can fly ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #24 May 11, 2007 Chuck Norris is the doctor of pain. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #25 May 11, 2007 I heard that if you take the semen from 3 male pigs you will be fine. that is what they told me anyway. The tough part was getting the semen from the pigshttp://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
