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Went to the docs yesterday and got diagnosed with a bad kidney infection. when will the antibiotics start working? the back pain is horrendous.
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Generally: 24-48 hours to start seeing some relief. If in that time it is not getting better go see your md again.
Answered 5/12/2015
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