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Man, I already had the cc out and everything.

:-(

As far as your real question, I'm clueless. Sorry. Fingers crossed for fast recovery.

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I prescribe Augmentin quite a bit - hey, isn't that pill about as big as your arm? ;) No real issues for most people since amoxicillin is the abx part (the clavulonic acid is not an abx in itself). Always good to take a probiotic with it (discussed ad nauseum on ST).

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It's a BIG pill..4 a day...

Can't answer the question because Augmentin makes me really sick. I can't last longer than 3 days without side effects taking control.

Hope you get better soon.

With such a name, I had to write that...and I'm not guaranteed to dodge all the smartass comments ;-)

liquid food (blender time) w/ pro-biotics perhaps.. the freshest yogurt you can find w/o sugar. i'm sure more peeps will post on which specific probiotics to use .. good luck

 I'm guessing you are actually on Augmentin XR. Are you really worried about a little pseudomembranous colitis? pffft, the hershey squirts will stop in a day or three. You'll be ok. if not discontinue after consulting w/ you doc first or take a drug to kill the build up of clostridium something I forgot. You do know that is 3-4x the normal length that someone takes this drug?

If you would stop getting sick so much we wouldn't need these talks ;-)

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The sinus infection apparently has been building up over several years...seriously clogged up.
I've had already 3 times a Azithromycin treatment (500mg) and always comes back...

Probiotic - try Bio K+. there is a dairy and non-dairy version. They sell it here at Whole Foods. With probios check the guaranteed bacteria count. Obviously higher is better and the good kinds need to be kept refrigerated. It can make a lot of difference... I also found some Hungarian yogurt (made locally) that is really low-sugar and high-probiotic.

You need to pull whatever is in your sinus cavaity out. Things will fester and rot up there.

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yeah...a friend suggested a treatment with clorox...

Well, clorox was once marketed as a birth-control/abortion method before the pill...

If the Augmentin is too rough on your GI tract...maybe I didn't take in enough probiotics...try Levaquin or Tequin.

The only side effect I notice with levaquin (one pill per day, smaller pill than augmentin) is impared sleep. It's also rough on the stomach if you don't take it with food, which it clearly recommends. I only made that mistake once.

Tradeoff...I have never needed another dose of Levaquin to clear up a sinus infection, while normal courses of every other antibiotic failed at one point or another followed by a quick resurgence of the infection.

Good luck, chronic sinus infections suck. Been there.

The sinus cat scan revealed that it was both chronic and acute...I guess all the training in the desert pays off :-(

Did your CT show a defect or deformity blocking normal sinus drainage?

Unfortunately, I only have a slight "normal" narrowing of a few passageways and basically get to suffer through spring allergy season.

The friend/doc that recommended my ENT had a spur removed and two closed sinuses drilled out and hasn't had an infection in six years! Prior to the surgery he contemplated quitting a great job and moving to the desert it was getting so bad.

I used to get acute sinis infections 3-4 each year and have to go on extended Augmentin or Keflex (sp). A friend recommended I see some dude at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (sp) who is the chief of ENT. He said to try nasal irriagtion (the Indians used to do this, netti-pot (sp), http://www.ent-consult.com/.

Been irrigating for 6 years with only two infections. Best OTC solution I have ever used.

I went to Wal-Mart and bought a Water-Pik and just bought the tip from the company.

Peace out!

You're a stud for doing all of that running while having a mega sinus infection and being on an antibiotic!