my husband is on amoxicillin 250mg three times a day since Thursday?

Question

i would like to know if anyone can answer this question for me.
this is the second time since Christmas my husband had a chest infection last time needing 2 courses to clear it up.i know you have to give them time to work but just watching him sleep tonight propped up in bed wheezing i know things get worse at night but each time he gets a chest infection it seems to be worse. i have told him not to work as he is self - employed but just keeps telling me he has to i'm woried if he does not listen he will make himself worse.he did have bronchitis very bad when he was a child his father told me the hospital nearly lost him.he does have a chromosome abnormalty.he is at an increased risk of getting chronic bronchitis and many other risks but it does not mean he will get them. how long should he wait till he goes back to doctors.
sorry if i have spelt things wrong.

Answer 1

First things first... Do you have a good doctor or is the doc the usual herd the patient's through, give them a pill, pat them on the head, and send them them bill kind of doctor? It never hurts to get a second opinion.

Two, an infection requiring that many antibiotics worries me a bit. I'm not a doc, I just do medical transcription, but that sounds like a lot to me.

Third, if nothing else, he has got to rest! When you work for yourself, it is hard to hold off, but is there nobody that can help out at all? He really needs to take it as easy as he can.

I hope he gets well soon.

Answer 2

There is a good chance the antibiotic will not do anything to treat his bronchitis. The reason for this is that most bronchitis infections are caused by viruses and antibiotics do not help for viral infections. Instead, the body's immune system will usually fight off these infections.

However, this doesn't necessarily mean that he doesn't have a bacterial infection or that there isn't a bacterial infection on top of the viral infection.

Antibiotics are given to people with chronic bronchitis who have a fever, who have a change in the color of the sputum (mucus that he is coughing up) and has clinical findings of a bad infection (sounds when listening to the lungs). Again, note this is for people with chronic bronchitis/emphysema (COPD), not necessarily for people who may get bronchitis.

Antibiotics are given for pneumonias though. Pneumonias are different than bronchitis and usually can be diagnosed on listening to the lungs as well as getting a chest X-ray.

As a choice of antibiotics, amoxicillin is not the optimal choice for either bronchitis or pneumonia in adults. Additionally, the dosage of 250mg three times a day is too little (in general, adult dosages would be at least 500mg three times a day). However, amoxicillin can be used with great efficacy in children for different infections, including pneumonia - this is dependent on the fact that children have often not been exposed to as many antibiotics yet as adults have and have not developed infections in which the bacteria have already developed resistance to it. Amoxicillin, used in the correct doses, however, can still have good effect in adults.

If he has bronchitis that requires antibiotics, a macrolide antibiotic (eg. azithromycin) or a fluoroquinolone (eg. Levaquin, Tequin) would be the antibiotic of choice. These antibiotics would be similarly drugs of choice if he had a pneumonia that was deemed to be able to be treated as an outpatient (not having to stay in the hospital). More severe infections would require intravenous antibiotics and a likely hospital stay.

If you are not sure what the situation is with your husband, talk with your doctor. If you do not feel comfortable with your doctor, then you should get a doctor you do feel comfortable with.

Answer 3

Usually the doctors say 48 hrs for the penicillin to start working and see a difference in 3 days. If he doesn't improve by tomorrow I would call the doctor back out or run your hubby up to A & E for a second opinion xxxx

Answer 4

Your spelling is fine and not all that important

You don't mention age or if he ever smoked

Finish the course and have a check up again,don't let it drift
Once you have such a chest,normally you have to live with it and learn to be careful.Sorry to say that,but I have the same problem.The most debilitating thing is lack of sound sleep.Talk to your pharmacist for a combined expectorant and mild ,non-addictive,relaxant/sedative.

The fact that you care and support him is a major factor.
I know that this trite,but try not to worry;you are doing all you can
Worry is tiring on you and causes more concern to him

I wish him good health and you peace of mind

Answer 5

If he is not showing any reduction in symptoms within 48-72 hours of starting the antibiotics, his doctor should be contacted. It may be that he needs a different or stronger antibiotic. Do they have him using a nebulizer for the wheezing? That may help relieve the symptoms until the antibiotic starts working.

Answer 6

he really just needs to take it easy for a while. i know it's hard when you're sick and self-employed--the bills won't get paid unless you're out there working--but he could get very sick if he doesn't take the time to rest and get better. if he argues with you because of the money, say something like, " Well what if you didn't take this time to rest and I lost you to this illness? Then we'd really have a problem paying the bills." Sounds harsh, but sometimes men can be stubborn. GOOD LUCK!

Answer 7

if your husband is not improving within 7 to 10 days he should return to his doctor and if he develops new symptoms before the seven days he should go to his doctor immediately bronchitis can turn into pneumonia he should rest and not over exert himself and drink plenty of fluids especially water

Answer 8

did the dr listen to his chest lately? Is this the 1st or 2nd course of amoxicillin? has his dr got a sample of his sputum to see if the bug is sensitive to amoxicillin?

a visit to the dr office is a lot less $ than getting admitted to the hospital