what to take for a headache if you already taking amoxicillin and sudafed. Please Help!!!!!

[kei1978]

I have an ear infection and fluid in my ear. My doctor prescribed amoxicillin. Also, Im taking sudafed(nasal decongestant) for the fluid. I took the amox. at 12pm today and the sudafed at 4pm. Right now it is 10:25pm. I have a headache. Im suffering right now from it, what can i take for a headache? Can i take excedrin tension. Thats the only pills helps my headache. Please Help!!!!

[angelmarieclark00]

hope tou are feeling better

[caregiver222]

Eight out of ten ear infections resolve by themselves within a week to ten days.

One way to relieve a headache secondary to an ear infection is to take a bath and submerge your head in water as warm as you can stand. This will oftenh stop the headache in it's tracks. The water has to be warm enough to activate skin sensors that send messages to the brain that over-ride the messages from the headache.

You can take excedrin without any problems.

[kei1978]

thank you. Well, the doctor prescribed 1 pill(amoxicillin) each day. The sudafed has only phenylephrine in it,and  it is only for nasal decongestant.. It has no asprin or acetaminophen in it. The excedrin tension has caffeine and free from asprin but has acteaminophen.

[angelmarieclark00]

the amoxicillin will be fine and  as long as its like mine and only has the nasal decongestent you should be fine but check the lable on your sudefed make sure it does not contain acetaminophen or asprin  because those should both be in your excdrin so if there is asprin or acetaminophen in your sudefed then you can not take your excedrine but if there is not you sure can