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Ended cephalexin on 4th january. again having mild fever and throat pain. a specialist suggested i should take erythromicin. pls advise what to do?
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Following advice...: If one's regular doctor is advising a new antibiotic, that is usually the way to go. For strep throat infections, sometimes a doctor will retreat with the same antibiotic but at a higher dose, and sometimes the doctor will use a different antibiotic. If the doctor thinks there might be another treatable germ involved (different than that originally thought), he will usually change the antibiotic.
Answered 1/18/2016
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