$75 for 10 fricking pills!!! For a damn fricking cold!!!

[LynneSin]

UGH!!!

Levaquin better make my hair shiny and my disposition sunny for what I paid for that damn stuff!

Why could he just give me Cipro and be done with it - that's only $10 for the generic!

Ugh Ugh Ugh

(this wasn't my normal doctor - she knows I'd rather try generics first before the new stuff).

[madinmaryland]

1. Still suffering from the Great Eagle Collapse of 2010?

:hi:

[LynneSin]

2. How'd the cowpVssies do yesterday

nuff said!

[madinmaryland]

3. Three times in One Season!!1!!

:rofl:

[Kali]

4. antibiotics for a cold?

he should be sued for malpractice

cipro and other high powered antibiotics prescribed for viral conditions is WHY we have antibiotic resistant bacteria actually killing people again.

[david13]

5. I agree. But, you see, due to the drug industry being an exteme

money making machine, and the stupidity of people, this will only get worse in the future.
People have this stupid notion that, no matter what ails them, there is a magic pill they can take that will cure them. So they are a totally pill popping society.
Even when it's not a good idea.
dc

[TZ]

6. I'm goiyng to assume that she actually has a bacterial infection

Those are powerful antibiotics and despite what DU keyboard warriors think medical doctors ARE scientists and don't prescribe stuff like this without good reason. If she was wanting Cipro, she might have Strep or Staph infections. Stuff that NEEDS to be treated.

[Kali]

7. maybe, but she SAID a cold

one would presume if she had a diagnosis of strep or staph she would have said that.

You think there are no docs out there prescribing unethically or unscientifically? Better think again.

[TZ]

10. I've gone to many doctors

And if they are gonna prescribe a feel good antiobiotic.. It's not gonna be a horrendously powerful ab like that. That's asking for a lawsuit from severe side effects. Maybe she thinks it's a cold but I doubt her doc does.

[Kali]

11. sure hope so

(not hoping somebody is sick, but that the scenario warrants the scrip and it is taken AS DIRECTED, and that it works)

[LynneSin]

13. It was probably more than a cold

I kinda use that term a bit generic for maladies one might get in the winter time. I was coughing bad all week, bad post-nasel drip and the most severest sounding sneezing attacks.

And trust me, no way I'm taking all 10 of those pills.

[Kali]

17. no culture taken?

eek.

and Lynne, yes you need to take all of them. Not finishing a course of antibiotics helps to generate more resistant bacteria. Lots of people stop when they start feeling better, but what happens is the medicine hasn't finished doing its job - so the bacteria that are left (because they weren't killed fast and thus can survive the early, lower blood levels) rebound and repopulate with this stronger, resistant abilities. Then you get sick again and spread those stronger germs to other people. Then next time you (and the other sick people) need an even stronger medicine. We are running out of "stronger."

In my opinion the doc should have taken a culture to find out exactly what you had and then prescribed the least powerful antibiotic that would work specifically on what you have. Using a shotgun and not teaching the patient the importance of taking all the doses is really irresponsible.

[NJmaverick]

20. Either take all the pills or none of the pills

the worse thing you can do is take a partial dose. That's how drug resistant diseases come about.

[LynneSin]

12. I didn't have a virus infection

hence the antibiotics. I do have a history of sinus & bronchitis issues.

[Kali]

14. good to know

overuse of antibiotics is causing a lot of problems - hope you are better soon (but finish the meds, as per instructions RIGHT?;-) )

Check this out: http://www.examiner.com/x-11270-Hartford-Wellness-Examiner~y2010m1d1-Norway-the-most-infection-free-country-in-the-world

[Deep13]

21. Presumably he suspects a secondary infection.

Or that it is not merely a cold. I did have one doctor once who prescribed an antibiotic for a bad head cold "just in case" there was an infection, but with no fever or colored discharge. That was probably irresponsible.

The fact that it is a drug I never heard of may mean he already suspects a drug-resistant strain.

[amerikat]

8. I was prescribed Levaquin a few years ago.

Had a cold/flu kind of thing for a few days then a cough
that wouldn't go away. After about a month I went to the doctor.
She gave me a free sample pack of Levaquin. I felt better in
a couple of days. Somehow I recall the cost as being $270. Glad she
had some free samples on hand. It worked for me. I hope it works for you.

[Dora]

9. It'll suck, but you'll feel better.

Sinus infections are not to be trifled with. And remember, when taking antibiotics, to eat yogurt every day.

[NNadir]

15. If it actually is a cold, Levaquin will be useless.

One of the most serious problems faced by humanity today is induced antibiotic resistance. This problem is made worse by rote use of antibiotics in inappropriate situations.

Note, I am not a physician, and I do not understand your medical condition but, that said...

Antibiotics are useless against rhinoviruses. They do nothing at all.

[Alias Dictus Tyrant]

18. How about a hippovirus? Are antibiotics good for that?

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. I read "Levaquin" as "Lagavulin".

And as an alcoholic, I CAN recommend it. Nom...

[NNadir]

23. Well, I have to confess that you lead me to google. I thought you were referring to an analogue of

naltrexone or topiramate or something like that.

That's an area of medicinal chemistry in which I've not worked, and so you stimulated my interest. I'm saying to myself, "What the hell is lagavulin; what class of compounds is it in?"

I guess though the drug you pointed to would serve to work on alcohol withdrawal, but with pernicious side effects.

There are better approaches.

I have shared a residence twice in my life with alcoholics, both of whom interestingly enough recovered and went on to lead useful and productive lives. That was a happy outcome for them since when sober, they were very fine people, the best.

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. "What the hell is lagavulin; what class of compounds is it in?"

It is a truly fine single-malt scotch firmly on the side of "the turpentine" "Hwaaaaa!" effect, versus the "oh my god that is smoooooth" such as Talisker 12 year oak cask aged.

Thank you for the kind words about recovery. :hi:

[Captain Hilts]

16. I paid that for my cat's medcine. Really nt

[dembotoz]

19. and they wonder why we need reform....

[barb162]

25. Since it's antibiotics, please take them all or you'll likely get a rebound.

And that will be worse. Sorry you're feeling so lousy :(