A member asked:

Diagnosed w/bronchitis at clinic. finished 10 days of antibiotics. still coughing sometimes productive. have asthma. should i follow up with pcp? thks

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Yes: An asthma patient may need more doses of asthma medication or a second medication, or just fine-tuning of her asthma meds. If there was bronchitis or pneumonia, and antibiotics were finished but there are still significant symptoms, a different antibiotic may be needed. Sometimes a chest x-ray is done to see if there is something unusual going on, but a chest x-ray is not needed in simpler cases.

Answered 12/5/2015

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