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A member asked:
Taking long term antibiotics and have recently started get dry throat like a stone. is this because of abx?
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Depends: on the type of the antibiotic you are on, however what you described isn't a known side effect of many antibiotics, you may have another problem going on as viral infection or another medicine you are taking, you may want to talk to / see your doctor, good luck
Answered 12/5/2017
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