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I have an infection in a tooth and started penicillin yesterday morning and the swelling has gotten worse. what to do?
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Some thoughts...: Did your dentist give you the prescription for penecillin or did you have some unused antibiotics in your medicine cabinet? If your dentist did, please call them immediately as an emergency. If you took old meds, then you need to call a dentist to be seen, since antibiotics do not solve dental problems, they just mask the symptoms. Feel better soon..
Answered 9/28/2016
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