i was needing to know this for my co worker she wants to know what other antibiotic would be good for her pneumonia thanks
2007-03-20 04:17:11 · 4 answers · asked by scloflin 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
To truly treat a pnemonia the doctor needs some sputum from her lungs to culture it and see what the bug is succeptable to. They cannot just prescirbe one antibiotic as a guessing game that it would kill the bug.
Also you have to consider is it viral? if so then no antibiotic will kill it.
2007-03-20 07:16:41 · answer #1 · answered by steveangela1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only bacterial pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics. Viral pneumonia cannot. That being said, most bacterial pneumonia is treated with azithromycin, clarithromycin, and the fluoroquinolones as opposed to amoxicyllin due to an over abundance of amoxy-resistent bacterial strands. If the pneumonia is really bad they may IV you with vancomycin.
In certain cases of viral pneumonia antibiotics are administered to combat potential infections caused by the virus's presence.
2007-03-20 04:27:57 · answer #2 · answered by Kristy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had pneumonia once and they put me on Levaquin....they say it treats a wide range of infections. I done well with it but she should call her doctor or her pharmacy to see if she can take it. Hope she gets better soon....It took me a long time to get my strength back but after I got over the illness I done fine.
2007-03-20 04:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by sky 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she needs to go to the doctors
and get a check she may need a high or low dose and may be on other medications or allergic to some
THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO BE ASKING
2007-03-20 04:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by elite_women_rule_the_rock 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋