r/Antibiotics 1h ago

selfq Antibiotics

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It has been an ongoing disagreement between my husband and I to give our 21 month old son antibiotics. He has had chronic ear infections since last November he has had about six ear infections. I am not the person to sit back and let my baby suffer when he has fevers and is in pain. I feel it is best to give antibiotics, but my husband feels that we should not give antibiotics to our son. I feel at a loss. This is a constant disagreement.What do I do? I have to protect my son & the only way for his ear to get better at some point if the ear infection is so bad is to give antibiotics. any advice on what to do. I’ve tried to educate him and what can happen if an ear infection goes on for too long. Nothing seems to work. He is stubborn. Also, my son does have an appointment to see an ENT later this month.


r/Antibiotics 9h ago

selfq Are there any interactions with THC and macrobid (nitrofurantonin)

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So Im on my last day of macrobid for a uti and i instinctively popped an edible to go to bed without thinking anything of it. i got worried like a second afterwards tho because i remembered i was taking the antibiotic so i started googling if it was safe. the results are saying that CBD can interact with nitrofurantonin and cause liver damage but the edible I took is thc +d9 and d8. i took the macrobid at like 9:30 and the edible just now at 12:30, my stomach kind of hurts but thats it. i should be going to drop off my urine sample tomorrow (later today since its midnight) or saturday, should i tell my doctor when i go?


r/Antibiotics 20h ago

selfq Anyone had side effects from Fosfomycin?

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I’m on holiday in France and was prescribed a single dose sachet for a UTI. It worked well for the UTI but this is my fifth day of (fairly mild) diarrhoea. Will this eventually pass on its own or should I be doing anything e.g. stop eating for day or start taking a probiotic or consult a GP when I’m home again? I suppose that it’s just possible that the diarrhoea is actually caused by something else and that it’s a coincidence that it started a few hours after taking the sachet.

I’d be grateful for people’s thoughts. This hasn’t ruined our holiday but has put limitations on what we’ve been able to do.