Hi I started taking typhoid fever pills, which is a series of 4 pills taken every other day with 2 hours of fasting before the pills and 2 hours after. I started my first pill at 9 : 15 on sunday. So today is tuesday at 11: 09 and I realize i havent been fasting which I shoudl have started 4 hours ago. Does anyone with medical expertise, nurse etc know whether is it dangerous to quit the typhoid fever pills in the middle of treatment? and seriously waht are hte odds of getting typhoid fever when in spain and possibly morocco?
2006-12-19 16:10:29 · 4 answers · asked by the Bruja is back 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
there cannot be relapse, its a vaccine, i dont have typhoid fever
2006-12-19 17:26:56 · update #1
Are you talking about oral typhoid vaccine, Vivotif? You take one capsule on alternate days for 4 days, one hour before meals. If you have not been fasting, take your meal later. If you have missed a dose, take it the next day and complete 4 doses in the same way. If you do not complete 4 doses, the vaccine will not be effective.
I am a pediatrician.
2006-12-20 23:12:00 · answer #1 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you stop taking the medicine or if you do not take it as directed, it will not give you the full immunity against typhoid. I do not see where its recommended that someone traveling to Spain get the typhoid vaccine, there isn't a large risk for that area.
( Retired from the Centers for Disease Control )
2006-12-21 02:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as they may interact, deactivating the vaccine, as the penicillin, being an antibiotic, will kill the inactive typhoid bacteria in the vaccine, rendering the vaccine effectively useless.
2016-03-29 01:02:49 · answer #3 · answered by Sheila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should never quit the treatment inbetween before the course is completed, otherwise there will be relapse.
2006-12-19 17:00:38 · answer #4 · answered by drjb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋