Antibiotics not working ? Help....
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Had some dental work done and a day or two after my urine started burning....and was producing so much gas couldn't stop belching and feeling sick and didn't know which end to fave the toilet with....started getting agonising pain in the kidneys went to Drs and she put me on a weeks course of Trimethoprim Antibiotics.....all the time I took them still didn't feel right.....When I finished it came back straight away....My Dr was away so locum Dr put me on another week of Trimethoprim I told him I didn't think they were working but he just said take them.....I was not happy about it one bit but didn't have much choice with the pain.....When I finished that course it came back again with even more symptoms went to A&E by this time it was worse than agony my heat was racing and it felt like lt was coming out of my chest.....I had loads of strange symptoms flowing up through my body and whole boby shaking and feeling like ice.....They have given me another lot of Trimethoprim even though I told them I have already had two lots and it keeps coming back and worse.....They just said to take them and go An see My Doctor ....My GP is now on maternity leave....I'm .so worried help.....
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Noni_T.1 larquisha11214
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I think you should change your med as long as it does not work with you..
I also think you should take another doctor's opinion...
This is very important..
In addition...you will need some blood investigations
My openion is to visit another doctor and ask him/her to order blood and urine investigations..... And according to the results you can get appropriate treatment
Maybe you will need culture and sensitivity test in order to choose the right antibiotic for you
Wish you all the best..
miriam65408 larquisha11214
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I agree with Noni, you can't wait til your doc comes back of maternity leave so see another one straight away. Explain about the Trimethoprim not working. The most important thing is that they do a urine culture and find out which anitbiotic will sort it out (instead of just guessing!). They shouldn't just keep giving you the same thing as it sounds like you're having a reaction to it (or the UTI).
Take care that they don't offer you Ciprofloxacin (or Levofloxacin or any other Quinolone antibiotic). Always check. The Quinolones are a dangerous group which should only be used for the most severe inections. The FDA in the USA announced about this last July but most doctors here don't seem to know about the dangers.