Antibiotic intoxication...

With the discovery of antibiotics, it is once thought to be a god given creation, the cure to many many ailments. But what happens when all these wonder drugs tend to do more harm than good? For someone like me, it's just so hard to get a suitable antibiotic. Have been under the weather these few days, condition turned to the worse this morning, which finally brought me to my senses. Decided that it was time to go see a real doc, not the 'quacks' as we always do consult at home back in KL...

Wasted almost 2 hours which finally got to see the 'real doc', went in, and got screwed as usual. Why? Bcoz did not go see a doc earlier! Muahahaha, at that moment, i was just so tempted to blurt out that i was a medic student, but i decided not to. She went on taking the history, then it came to the question...

'Studying?'
'Yeah'
'Where?'
'IMU...'
'Har, saya ingat u masih sekolah lagi... (thanks to the tazmanian devil cartoon t-shirt that i was wearing!) So which year?'
'4th...'

But when it came to writing the presciption slip, she muttered... ' u bagi tahu apa you mahu la, u kan sudah tahu...' She was rather apologetic coz when i asked for loratidine, she said that she couldn't prescribe it coz she was just an MO.

Satisfied, came back with a 'new concoxion', but only gulped down the amoxicillin. (praying hard that i would not develop an anaphylactic shock coz im known to be allergic to erythromycin) Bout 2 hours later... It then started. By bowels decided to pump everything out the 'express' style! Was worse than usual, and i related it to the side effects of the amoxicillin that i took earlier. This time it just flushed out non stop, i was on the throne for almost 10 mins. Back there again in less than 1 hour, then the inevitable colic that came with it! OMG, the amox was suppose to make me feel better, but now looks like im getting worse...

Deciding whether to take my next dose or not, I finally decided to take it. Maybe it's psychological... Why not? My throat is actually feeling better, though i still get the frequent headaches due to the on & off fever. (which i try to shrugg it off by getting a bath every 2 hours!) Just took my dose an hour ago, now shall wait and see what my gut has in store for me!

@2314, 20062007