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Taking cefuroxime axetil for sinusitis for 6 days, still green/yellow productive cough and wheeze. go back to dr or wait till finish all 10 days?

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Sinusitis: If your symptoms have not improved at all, you may need to be seen again and be switched to a different antibiotic. If you have had some improvement then I would finish the course before rechecking.

Answered 7/3/2014

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A member asked:

Taking cefuroxime axetil for sinusitis for 6 days, still green/yellow productive cough and wheeze. go back to dr or wait till finish all 10 days?

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