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Basic question about antibiotic
What is the ideal course completion period of a stomach infection antibiotic?
Is it three days or 5 days? For example for medicines like O2 or Norflox which are taken twice a day.
Is it harmful if the person stops taking the antibiotic before the course duration?
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Generally 5 days of antibiotics can be taken…It also depends upon how much the patient is responsive to particular antibiotic …you should finish entire course to avoid antibiotic resistance
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Minimum 5 days
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It is totally subjective and we curate the treatment according to patients presentation and degree of illness! However, in general we would want the patient to complete the course for a minimum 5 days, more-so, to avoid resistance as-well!
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
Urologist
11 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
5days will be ideal
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Dr. Ramanitharan Salem Raja
General Physician
3 yrs exp
Salem
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
When discontinued before FULL course, a person develops resistance to that antibiotic class, which is not an immediate problem ;
but in future when he has a serious infection that antibiotic wont work for him.
We have very limited number of antibiotics, so this a big problem.
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an ideal course is number of dayS an ALLOPATHY ( NOT A PHARMACIST OR DOCTORS OF ALLIED MEDICINE) doctor prescribes it for u. Because there are so many factors that a doctor has to consider before prescribing it
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don't take antibiotics unless a proper doctor prescribes it for you
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Dr. Manoj Kumar
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Dehradun
Need few more details
Kindly consult
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Gurgaon
According to your query and sign and symptom you want to know about the disease and cause and it's best Treatment as you have mentioned as above as query about antibiotics medicine for stomach infection
Please take consultation for better evaluation and best Treatment as it need complete history of patient as personal and family history.
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Please follow any medicine or advise after consultation only from a good doctor.
Please follow good life style as
• take plenty of fluid and
• take less spicy and fatty foods and
• take home made food only and
do exercise regularly with yoga and medicine after 3 day and
please keep positive attitude to fight any disease and any problem of your life.
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