EMERGENCY PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! please answer !?

IS IT BAD TO TAKE PENICILLIAN (ANTIBIOTIC) if you don't have a infection ?? What will happen !!!





Well the only reason why i am asking is because my tooth/gums on one side of my mouth is really hurting me and i don't have a dentist ...and i don't want to risk it and wait till monday ..so i want to call the on call doctor at my doctors office and tell them whats going on with my tooth , and hopefully they will give me a antibiotic ! I just started getting a really bad headache or a ear ache ..i can't really tell which one it is sense they are so close together ! But the tooth pain has been going on for a week now ....! Um. Its kinda like a itchy and irrated sensation ! Please help! Thanks ! So is it bad to take penicillian with out a infection ...because i am not sure i have one !

EMERGENCY PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!! please answer !?
You will be safe, it wont cause you any harm, just make sure you take an anti inflammatory too, just to keep down any swelling. Plus make sure you inform the dentist when you do see one that you took antibiotics that way they will know when the look for signs of infections.
Reply:nothing will happen,
Reply:it wont hurt you.....just eat something sugary.
Reply:umm perhaps, but its not that smart either way??
Reply:Than they won't be as effective when you really need them.
Reply:Yeah, it is. This kind of won ton use of antibiotics is why there are superbugs that are killing people.
Reply:I'd do it... and have.
Reply:it sohuldn't be if you take the right amount....








but there is a # on the bottle to call.
Reply:take the pills, the sooner you take them the faster the pain will go away. take the anti biotics with some ib profen and try to get some rest. don't stop taking the pills untill you are done. nothing will happen if you don't have an infection. anytime I call the dentist with tooth pain he puts me right on an anti biotic untill I can be seen. good luck!
Reply:Basically, and this is just my opinion, as long as you aren't allergic it should be fine. Medical people feel that taking an antibiotic when not necessary will increase your tolerance to the drug in the future. I.E. if you start popping antibiotics and don't have an infection then someday antibiotics may be useless to you (not my opinion but actual medical advice - not from me but from those in the medical field).





So take it if you want. Just follow the directions on the bottle. If you're dentist says you don't have an infection then stop taking it. If he says you do ... you may want to mention that you started taking Penicillin. Just to be on the safe side.





No doubt some people will disagree with me, but if I was in your shoes I'd probably grab a left over antibiotic (after checking with my mom or something lol) and take it til Monday.
Reply:if its been going on for two weeks i would wait for a doctor to check it out and im not sure what would happen if you took the medicine without having an infection...
Reply:The problem is, once you start, you have to continue using it for an average of 10 days. If you don't complete the entire treatment, whatever infection you have will "hide" in your body until you stop taking the antibiotics, then come back even stronger and more antibiotic-resistant. You can only prevent that from happening by taking the treatment for the prescribed time - which, as I said, is generally 10 days. But no... it won't hurt you... unless you stop too soon.
Reply:take a doctors advice,, but am sure ull be fine,, same thing happened to me,,, dont worry so much
Reply:one pill will not help, to get rid of an infection, you need to complete an entire round of antibiotics.





taking one will only make whatever infection you might have even stronger and resistant to that particullar drug, and in turn making it harder to treat.





i've had this problem a few times lately, my wisdom teeth are on the move every few months and it causes infections and MADDENING pain.





i too am without insurance, i had to just buy a bunch of extra strength tylenol pm so i could sleep.





if you don't have an infection the pill will do nothing bad or good, but from the sounds of it, you probably do have an infection. mouths are as dirty, if not dirtier, than the anus.





it's really gross in there, if anything is wrong, it probably get infected if its not already..














*****Jen- no, the reason why some people say to not take them when you don't have an infection, or when people say you HAVE to take the entire bottle and not quit halfway through just because you're feeling better is because it makes the GERM resistant to it.. not the person duh.





when you get shots to immunize yourself against, lets say measles, you're really just getting a shot with a little bit of dead measles in it. your body sees the measles and identifies it as a threat and builds white bloodcells to fight it.





when you have an infection, and it gets just a little bit of the antibiotic, not enough to kill it, it sees it as a threat and creates an immunity to it, when the germ passes on to another person, it is now a super-bug, resistant to the drug, the anti-biotics will not work on that strain no matter who caught it.





people cannot gain a tolerance to antibiotics, only the germs do. Jen, it's because of uninformed people like you that most strains of bacteria are now resistant to the drugs we've spent billions creating to fight them. infection used to be the number one cause of death a hundred years ago, it might be that way again in just 5 or more years, you watch....
Reply:Yes, it's OK. It might even be wise as long as you have taken the antibiotic without any undue reaction. You may be able to get a more rapid response if there indeed is an infection; however, don't forget to disclose all this info to your Dr./Dentist
Reply:Don't take penicillin. It shouldn't hurt you, but that isn't the problem. You always have some kind of germ playing around inside of you. If you take the penicillin and it doesn't kill the germ, the germ may develop a resistance to it. If this germ is strong enough to overwhelm your immune system and you get sick, your doctor may have fewer options to work with because you just helped some of those germs develop an immunity to the penicillin.





That is the reason why the doctors always tell you to finish the antibiotics even when you are no longer sick. You haven't killed all the germs, and if you don't kill them off they will become stronger.





If you don't have a crack in the tooth (check in the mirror or have someone look), try using something like Orajel to deaden the pain until Monday when you can check with a doctor or dentist. If you need penicillin, they will prescribe the right amount. If you don't, they will handle it in some other way and you don't take the chance of getting a superbug disease.
Reply:If the on-call doctor is willing to give antibiotics the he/she must believe you have an infection. Take them as directed and be sure to call the dentist Monday A.M. Let the dentist know you are already on the medicine and how you got it. He/she will let you know whether to finish them or not. Good luck.
Reply:Try to take one tablet of aspirin after eating,then one more tablet after 2 hours,will get you get that pain out, but you need to see your doctor as soon as possible.Do not take antibiotic unless the doctor will tell you.
Reply:It wont hurt you. But, as a nurse, I do not advise it. Antibiotic abuse is one of the major reasons we have Penicillin resistant infections that are killing people. The more we use antibiotics that we do not need, the more resistant bacteria becomes to them. Keep in mind, also, that drives up health costs for everyone as well - when pharmaceutical companies keep having to research new forms of antibiotics when others become obsolete because of resistance. It's already happening. But, please, continue to contribute to the problem. Don't let the billions of other people who share this earth with you get in the way.





Besides, even if you do have an infection, the antibiotic will not make you feel better instantly. It takes 24-48 hours. You'll probably feel much better until you can get it properly looked at by a professional, and not by "think I know it alls" on Yanswers, by keeping the site clean. Brush your teeth, rinse with a strong mouthwash, and take some ibuprofen to reduce swelling.
Reply:i guess u have an abcess...do u have a decayed tooth... i mean realli bad decay..?? if so .. then the infection wud have spread n it mite b causing the pain.... its better u go n chk it up personalli wth any dentist.... the pain may be radiating to the ear... n hence the ear pain n head ache....


n as far as taking pencillin..its not advisable... mani ppl are allergic to it..n more over as some1 suggested... most of the organisms r now resistant to it.. meaning it is very les effective now... so its better u asses the condition wth a doctor n then take medicines... coz unnecessarili taking medicines wud do more harm than benefit...


for temporary relief... u can take a pain killer.... mainly any paracetamol cantaining drug... it wud be mild...


BUT IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO CHK IT UP WTH A DOCTOR/DENTIST PERSONALLI INSTEAD OVER THE FONE.... THE CONDITION MAY BE WRONGLY ASSESED OVER THE FONE...
Reply:If your tooth is hurting you that bad and needs to be pulled, the dentist will presribe you antibotics anyways for around a week or so, so continue taking anitbiotics for it. It will help the infection. You might think you don't have a infection but, you do when it hurts the way you describe it! You can't see it but, you have one.

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