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Originally Posted by MAB32
Would Predisone and levaquin be appropiate?
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Again, steroids may take away some or a lot of your symptoms, but IMO are not to be used for routine cases where infection is the known etiology. They REDUCE your bodies ability to fight the infection from the bacteria. They make you feel "better" initially from your congestion, but they may cause a more prolonged or severe infection in the long run. USUALLY, all this doesn't make a difference as a healthy human will still fight off the infection. BUT
to me, it is inappropriate. I know a LOT of NP's, MD's, DMD's, etc that will write for steroids to make the patient happy, I just don't see the logic in it if you base it on the actions of the drugs.
Levaquin is a good AB. Again, it is the choice of the Doc and his/her preferences and experiences as to the Ab they will put you on.