I had strep throat a week ago, and they gave me Amoxicillin (500mg). The strep seems to be gone, but the 10 days aren't up yet and I still have to take them. Tomorrow, I'm getting my wisdom teeth out and they prescribed me Penicillin (500mg). Is it safe to be on 2 different antibiotics at one time? Should I post-pone my wisdom teeth surgery? Or should I just continue taking hte Amoxicillin and then start taking the Penicillin tomorrow? Thanks for any input.
2007-01-17 11:04:33 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
ask your doctor
2007-01-17 11:10:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amoxicillin is a form of penicillin. I would
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rather than try to get layman's adive on Yahoo! Answers. It will probably be an either/or answer and I'd lean towards taking the Amoxicillin as it is important for strep throat.
2007-01-17 11:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rule is never have surgery if there is ANY infection anywhere going on in the body.
If it were me, I'd postpone it so my body can recover from the stress of the illness before having to be resilient for the oral surgery. Pain and drugs and anxiety are very harmful to your body and take a lot of strength to keep your immune system healthy. Wait. Your wisdom teeth aren't going anywhere. Get well first. Then get your mouth fixed. Go buy some acidophiles to boost your immune system with the strep throat. It'll help Take it 3 times a day.It's not expensive, no toxicity to worry about,natural, and it puts good flora (good bacteria ) back into your body to help you build your white blood cells---your immune system protects you against infection, so it helps to encourage that!
Hope you get better soon.
2007-01-17 11:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a good idea to mix antibiotics. Call your doctor or dentist either one and explain the situation. I imagine they'll have you quit the amoxicillin and start the penicillin. The penicllin is a broad range antibiotic and should be all you need.
2007-01-17 11:10:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to talk to your regular doctor about this before having the dental surgery. Although penicillin and amoxicillin are in the same family, and a lot of times they are given together as a combination for treatments, there can be complications, and if the dosages are high enough, there can be adverse effects - you dont want to suddenly have large holes appear on your skin out of the blue right? I am talking like large enough make anyone faint when seeing the holes and make you wonder why you are still living with so little skin left type of holes.... that type of adverse reaction...
2007-01-17 11:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by MrKnowItAll 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just TELL them how many more doses (and the dosage) you have left of the Amoxicillin when you go in for your wisdom teeth. Take the bottle with you and show them. They will probably adjust the Penicillin prescription they give you, and maybe not have you start taking it until the Amox is gone.
2007-01-17 11:13:03 · answer #6 · answered by rinkrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First I would call the surgeon doing your surgery and ask him/her this question and also to see if they would do the surgery if you have had strep this close to having them out. You could also call your pharmacist that fills your prescriptions. Penicillin and Amoxicillin are both in the same family. Good Luck!!
2007-01-17 11:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by L D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do virtually the same thing, so drop the amoxicillan and go on with the penicillin. Me personally, no matter what the dose, I would die if I took wither one of them! (Allergic)
Oh, make sure there is no lapse in times between doses though. If you're supposed to take the A. twice daily and the P. twice daily, take the A. on the morning of the surgery, then take the P. later on that night.
2007-01-17 11:27:20 · answer #8 · answered by summer_00_butterfly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be sure to tell your oral surgeon that you are also on the amoxicillin. He may tell you to continue taking that instead of prescribing penicillin. As far as I know, they are pretty much the same thing. I am allergic to amoxicillin, but I am allowed to take cephalexin. A type of antibiotic.
2007-01-17 11:16:28 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically they are the same antibiotic so you should not take them twice. You need to tell the dentist about the strep now before the tooth extraction. It may be okay to continue the operation.. Do finish the one antibiotic and then take the other afterwards.
2007-01-17 11:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amoxicillin and Penicillin come from the same family. However, you are taking very high doses of these so you may want to talk to your doctor or pharmacist about taking both medicines.
2007-01-17 11:08:36 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋