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Antibiotic in Common cold
While self medication for common cold
Medical shopkeeper use to give me antibiotic amoxycillin , is it ok to take antibiotic ?
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It's depends that you have common cold along with fever and chills and cough, which might be URTI or LRTI, and if CBC shows raised counts, then antibiotics can be prescribed by only RMP. Do not take antibiotics at your own. Otherwise it ll lead to resistance
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if just common cold you have. then you can take only levocitrizine and pcm
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Dr. Sujatha K.C
General Physician
24 yrs exp
Bangalore
Most of the time common cold is viral origin...so only symptomatic treatment is sufficient. ...depends on the course of the illness
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Dr. Vijayalaxmi Shende
Family and Community Medicine Specialist
10 yrs exp
Pune
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Antibiotics are not needed for common cold
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