Post by jeaniebueller on Mar 17, 2015 7:31:56 GMT -5
I didn't know whether I should bump the thread this late in the game to say this, but I appreciate the information and links posted in this thread and have learned a lot and will come up with some kind of system the next time I have a kid on abx (which it has been quite awhile) to make sure I finish the entire course next time.
I didn't think people really stopped antibiotics early. I see that they do. Don't. It breeds superbugs. Because the first doses kill the weaker bacteria and the later doses are killing the stronger ones. If you don't kill the stronger ones then they are able to multiply and are harder to kill. There is a reason they want you to take x number of doses, it's not just a suggestion. There is science backing up the number of doses needed to kill all the bacteria.
Another anecdote: I'm still a bit bitter toward the roommate I had the first two quarters of freshman year for stopping her course early. She got strep throat over winter break. Came back and was on antibiotics. Cool. A week or so later, I got strep. I didn't blame her at all, until I heard her talking to her mom on the phone about how she was feeling so much better that she stopped her antibiotics on day five. NOT COOL.
Post by catsarecute on Mar 17, 2015 11:46:07 GMT -5
DD was on that awful white antibiotic for her second ear infection and it had the same effect on her. Plus, I'm sure it was the cause of the horrible rash that broke out on her back three weeks after she finished the dose. That being said, I would finish it up. The loose BM's stopped within a day of her last dose. I've made note of the medicine in her baby book and will NOT allow her to take it again.
So sorry you have to deal with it. It was a tough two weeks on us!
Nope. This is how superbugs develop. Finish the meds.
Ditto this. This is my soapbox, die on a hill issue (along with vaxxines and car seats). Please please please always finish the antibiotics. If they're giving your kid diarrhea, try giving him yogurt during the antibiotics.