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Coughs a lot at night, also spit out greenish slime. antibiotics or otc medicine?
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Antibiotics: Hi, We would need a little more information to better answer your question. Generally speaking, antibiotics are affective for bacterial infections only but not for viral infections. Because it can be clinically difficult to tell a virus or bacteria is the cause of an infection, we have guidelines based on observational studies to help us make decisions on when we should prescribe antibiotics.
Answered 2/24/2019
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