Poor DH - he has to have megamega doeses of antibiotics & he thought he had escaped

[KatyMac]

On Friday he woke with a chest infection

He is being treated at Papworth for recurrent chest infections plus being investigated for a nasty bug & we knew he shouldn't take his emergency ABs as they could retard the growth of the nasty bug & he would have to do all the tests for it again.

So we rang Papworth - no answer
So we rang NHSdirect to be told we would have to decide what to do ?
So we rang papworth on a different number explained it to reception & spoke to the on call chest dr

Who said "you should have 1g ABs but the locum will only give you 500mg 3 times a day for 2 week"
So I phone the out of hours & explained it all to the receptionist & the locum rang me back
"Of course you can have 1g.....go & collect from Boots"

So we went to Boots - who would't give us 1g "must be a very odd chest infection - they don't ive 1g 3 times a day for that....are you sure?" rang Papworth where poor duty DR agreed that 500mg was OK

DH rather happy as 1g will kill his insides

Rang Papworth today, to update & confirm......& we have to go tomorrow to get 2 weeks of 1g 3 times a day

Poor DH

Maybe you had to be there

We collected them this afternoon

Apparently the pharmacist at Boots was wrong

which antibiotic is it? just being nosey, hope he feels better soon

Oh dear poor dh. Hope he gets better soon. How annoying for you to get such conflicting advice

I had thought I was talking to myself

Thanks for speaking to me

He is on 1g of amoxycillin 3 times a day (for 2 weeks)

He is annoyed as his tummy will be very upset

I have seen ppl on 2g three times a day

I feel for him and go. I have just some off mega doses of doxyclyline and it made me feel pants.

Before that I was on IV vancomycine and amother one - it was like putting domestos in my system.

How about going to a health food shop and getting some tablets to help his tummy - sorry I can not remember the name - I am having a forgetful moment

Asodophylis (sp} I knew I would remember as soon as I posted.

You need to keep it in the fridge

Really Tink - that makes it odder that the pharmisist wouldn't give hime 1g 3 times a day

I am after some probiotics for his tummy but I have been tol to get the ones you keep in the fridge

I am on 1g 3x a day for Recurrent mastitis. My insides aren't great. What is the stuff you keep in the fridge???

Acidophilus, you can get it in Holland and Barretts. I used it for DD and me when we were on abs and it really helped.

I've been reading & the ones in H&B are good - the fridge stuff is old info

You need one with 2/3 different types of bacteria apparently

This was IV dose, this guy I nursed was on flucloxacillin 2g four times a day and amoxycillin 2g three times a day. Must have been a major infection, but I do not recall him having major side effects.

DH had even more mega doses (in IV) than this one when he was in Papworth last year - but I don't think it was that much

I think it was 1.5g 3 times a day