Comments on: Antibiotics More Harm Than Good For Strep Throat?

By: alice

alice — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:43:48 +0000

Lol we’re on the same boat

By: aj

aj — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:16:33 +0000

i believe you can wait it out depending on how severe it is. ive had it for almost a week now and on the past two days done this.took in a lot of vitamin C from fresh squeezed juices, tangerin orange, lime,lemon,guava, dragonfruit. gargled and sipped apple cidder vinager diluted in warm water 3x a day.it has worked wonders so far.

By: Cora height

Cora height — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:35:53 +0000

I had my tonsils taken out when I was a kid–it did nothing to prevent me from getting strep. Even as an adult I frequently end up with it a lot

By: Ripshin

Ripshin — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:47:36 +0000

I had strep six years ago, rushed to the Med Clinic (not insured) and got the penicillin. Luckily, it was inexpensive. It was gone in 12 hours. Last night, I’m certain that it happened again, but the symptoms have lessened (no more fever), and I see no white spots. it is still sore to swallow, but not painfully so. I think that I might wait till Monday, before shelling out the money for a doctor and medication. (FYI – i recently had a nasty cold when traveling for the holidays – it lasted over three weeks, but two weeks have passed with good health.)

By: C

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:25:22 +0000

The biggest problems I have with abx treatment with strep are:
1. Docs often give without culturing
2. Abx are held hostage by docs wanting to make a buck. My family does not have insurance, so when we have sore throats with low to no grade fever, we just have to wait it out. I can’t afford $120 per family member to be tested. There should be OTC tests and then, meds could be released. I can’t tell you how many times we have been in a doc office for about 10 min test and then left with a $300 bill for three people. It’s outrageous.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:10:54 +0000

H. Flu is a bacteria, not to be confuse with “the flu”.

By: James McKeith

James McKeith — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:03:44 +0000

In this case, H Flu is short for H. Influenza which is a bacterial illness that responds to antibiotics. The name is confusing but I didn’t pick it.

By: MSNRN

MSNRN — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:54:10 +0000

I agree. Not all sore throat complaints warrant anitibiotic treatment. In those 2 cases of H.flu, antibiotics would not have made a difference in their outcomes anyway; flu is viral, not bacterial. However, urgent care should have screened them for the flu. Maybe then complications could have been avoided.

By: John

John — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:45:35 +0000

I am pretty sure this guy means well, but you will find, though strep throat does go away on its own, because at least half the cases for strep are caused by viral infections, and not bacterial which is a majoring factor in the heplfulness of antibiotics, it is not really the actual idea or concept of treating the infection but more along the lines of treating the symptoms for some, the symptoms are not all too bad, for others, it is like a nightmare, a blinding light, to no end seems to be near. some doctors will prescribe you medicine not to fight the bacteria but to fight the symptoms.

though what is quite funny and seems to be a miss by this article is the known fact that most antibiotics kill not just the infection but useful bacteria and microbes in your body. so if your immunity is already poor, now with an antibiotic you have essentially given yourself symtoms that could be equivalent to aids. because your immune system just does not work at all, depending on the dosage and how your own body reacts to the antibiotics.

but as far as i am concerned, who are you to tell someone that after a day going to the doctors for some antibiotics is just down right ridiculous.
me personally i had strep throat once, took me nearly 3 weeks to finally be rid of it, and this was on a high dose of anitbiotics as well as a penicillin dose after the second visit to the doctor, and a pain reliever injection for the throat. Nothing seemed to work.

Though reading and hearing about after you get your antibiotic it would go away in a few days. i was feeling relieved until a week later when i still felt like death. and this is coming from someone who gets sick as often as every other blue moon that comes around.

so antibiotics are indeed bad, but they do provide relief from the pain, and the aches and the fevers… so in retrospect they are quite good too

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:41:24 +0000

I know this story well it was me when I was 11. For those who say it is one in a million. Well, I was the ONE in a decade in about 1 million people literally. Please don’t say it cannot happen. I also had the migratory arthritis. I had excellent health care and if it weren’t for a doctor fresh from India where this to this day is still common in many areas God only knows how far it would have gone before they got the diagnosis right.

I have the mitral valve to prove it. Don’t mess with this. I now spend a lifetime preventing reinfection, took penicillin for years and culture anything that resembles a sore throat in my house. I was taught to be paranoid for good reason.

I had no strep symptoms and my son has already once been a strep carrier undetected until we all started getting ill. Strep is nothing to take lightly. They treat because of RH and secondary effects that are bad very bad. Your immune system will eventually kill the bug true, but pray you don’t get the strain that causes RF because a mo later you’ll regret not taking the penicillin.