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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / March 2005What Antibiotic is Stronger
Hi, I hear all these names of antibiotics and I have rarely used them but I need to know what the strongest antibiotic is just for fear when I do get my dential work done.....Thanks, MC > Hi, I hear all these names of antibiotics and I have rarely used them but I > need to know what the strongest antibiotic is just for fear when I do get my > dential work done.....Thanks, MC Most antibiotics are equal in strength. The trick is using the right antibiotic for the particular 'bug' that you want to kill. For dental infections, Penicillin is usually the drug of choice *IF* there is really a sign that antibiotics are indicated in the first place. Fawks Strength is a misnomer with antibiotics. Joel Extra-STRENGTH Excedrin ... okay. EXTRA-Strength penicillin, .... depends which buggie you are. >> Hi, I hear all these names of antibiotics and I have rarely used them >but I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Fawks I just want to take whats best before I have any Dentail work. They say its good to take an antibiotic for a few days before having any work done. Thanks, ...MC > Strength is a misnomer with antibiotics. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > >Fawks >I just want to take whats best before I have any Dentail work. They say its >good to take an antibiotic for a few days before having any work done. >Thanks, ...MC That's bad advice ........ but if you have Dentail work it may become a pain in the butt. >>I just want to take whats best before I have any Dentail work. They say its >>good to take an antibiotic for a few days before having any work done. >>Thanks, ...MC > >That's bad advice ........ but if you have Dentail work it may become >a pain in the butt. denTAIL work ....... >>I just want to take whats best before I have any Dentail work. They say its >>good to take an antibiotic for a few days before having any work done. >>Thanks, ...MC > >That's bad advice ........ but if you have Dentail work it may become >a pain in the butt. Do you mean to say that dentail work may turn around and bite you in the a** ? -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >I just want to take whats best before I have any Dentail work. They say its >good to take an antibiotic for a few days before having any work done. >Thanks, ...MC Let the doctor decide if it is necessary. Don't self medicate. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >Hi, I hear all these names of antibiotics and I have rarely used them but I >need to know what the strongest antibiotic is just for fear when I do get my >dential work done.....Thanks, MC Is that dental or denial work ? Here's a little education about antibiotics. The most effective antibiotic is relative to the organism that is causing a particular infection, and the location of said infection. Most infections are not cultured and tested for antibiotic susceptiblility unless the infection in question does not respond to previous antibiotic treatments. This is why they call it the 'practice' of medicine, there is some art involved, and the practitioners experience in treating various maladies is very important. So to answer your question simplistically: There is no such thing; the antibiotic used to treat an infection is dictated by the organism(s) causing the infection. Heard of the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus yet ? Read about it in SI last week, not a great medical treatise, but good enough to cover the subject for the layman. -- W_B wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com Take out the G'RBAGE >Here's a little education about antibiotics. >The most effective antibiotic is relative to the organism [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >susceptiblility unless the infection in question does not >respond to previous antibiotic treatments. Throw in beta-lactamse inhibition ...... > Heard of the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus yet ? > Read about it in SI last week, not a great medical treatise, > but good enough to cover the subject for the layman. Why were they talkin about this in Sprots Illustrated? (I assume that's what SI is...) Thanks SP  SignatureNot a real Addy, yet >> Heard of the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus yet ? >> Read about it in SI last week, not a great medical treatise, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Thanks >SP Seems to be a problem amongst professional athletes. Especially football (american) players. But it was in Sports Illustrated. Haven't read Sprots yet, is it about potatoes ? -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >>Why were they talkin about this in Sprots Illustrated? (I assume that's >>what SI is...) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Haven't read Sprots yet, is it about potatoes ? >-- Its published in Brussels ........ >W_B > >Why were they talkin about this in Sprots Illustrated? (I assume that's > >what SI is...) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Seems to be a problem amongst professional athletes. > Especially football (american) players. I bet it's because they need chronic antibiotics because of the chronic steroids they are on. They would then naturally favor the growth of MRSA and other bugs. > But it was in Sports Illustrated. Waddn't in the Swim Suit issue.... at least I didn't see it there before the guy kicked me out of the magazine store.... Hey, I like to inspect every page of a mag before I buy it.... > Haven't read Sprots yet, is it about potatoes ? No.... that was a 'typo'... It should have read Spats Illustrated... Puttin' on the Ritz...ssssssssssssssssss;LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLL Sorry.... fell asleep there... 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