iwas curious with a century in 2 weeks if i should go to minor emergency
06-10-05, 07:53 AM
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iwas curious with a century in 2 weeks if i should go to minor emergency
this am and get antibiotics??? for my sore throat and chest congestion..i just began my taper and my rhr is 53 instead of 43bpm.. or should i just let it run its course..ive never used antibitics but im desperate and worn out from mondays 7 hr brick..thats probably why i just got what i got..tia
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Antibiotics really kick my butt and I would go with over the counter meds first like Robitussin Max Stregth w. Expectorant..
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I had a trainer once tell me that antibiotics can limit your oxygen carrying ability when taken for a while. He told one of the better riders on the team to try to get on the shortest-term meds he could find so that his oxygen carrying ability could recoup.
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If you do not need anti's dont take them you will just create more resistant strains.
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How about getting a diagnosis as to what is actually wrong before prescribing your own meds? Sore throat and congestion could be many different things. Antibiotics may do you more harm than good.
Go see a doctor.
Go see a doctor.
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Originally Posted by swaco
this am and get antibiotics??? for my sore throat and chest congestion..i just began my taper and my rhr is 53 instead of 43bpm.. or should i just let it run its course..ive never used antibitics but im desperate and worn out from mondays 7 hr brick..thats probably why i just got what i got..tia
