It would be if the Augmentin isn't even the right medicine! Otherwise, I would defer everything to the doc who is going to see you. Good luck!
my mom made an appiontment with the ears nose and throat doctor, and today i will be going home from school. so hopefully everything will clear up. at nights my throat swells even more and i am not able to swallow. also my tempurature raises from the 97 range to in the 99's. during the day however i am much better (still sick however with more of a stuffy nose cold symptoms rather then tonsil issues) in general my tonsils have gotton even bigger. i also have severe ear pain and (not so severe) head aches.is it normal to get worse before you get better on augmentin? the only side effects i was aware of were stomach issues.
thank you so much for your help.
Your suspicions are correct with the Augmentin. If you have a viral infection, it will do nothing for it. Here's the problem. If you have a viral tonsillitis, it will get better on its own in time (about the same time that was quoted for the Augmentin!). But you are also taking Augmentin. So, won't it be tempting to say that the Augmentin is what made you better? We'll never know.
It's not necessarily a bad idea, taking both -- especially if they are truly unsure and they're trying to get you better as fast as possible. It just muddies the diagnostic waters and makes one wonder why they bother running the tests at all.
if i have a viral infection, while the augmentin still treat my throat (im pretty sure augmentin is a anti-biotic)?
thank you.
i suppose i will find out soon any way. i have taken augmentin pills so far and do not feel any better, but the doctor said they don't usually start work until the third day, and it won't be cleared until ten days.
they ran the culture again to make sure after the rapid was negative, i went back to the doctor the next and my blood work was in but not my culture. since they rulled out mono, and my tonsils have looked like this for three weeks they wanted to start me on something immeaditly. especially since i had to go back to school.
thank you again. i haven't taken the valtrex yet but if the "pimple/coldsore(maybe)" changes in size i will.
I am not sure why they bother to run the culture if they are going to give you Augmentin anyway...Oh well. My guess is that this is a viral infection, your description is more consistent with that. The two medications, Augmentin and Valtrex, do not interact and there shouldn't be a concern with taking both. I just doubt you need both.