Comments on: how long shall I leave it between taking antibiotics? http://impetigo.net/uncategorized/how-long-shall-i-leave-it-between-taking-antibiotics/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter H http://impetigo.net/uncategorized/how-long-shall-i-leave-it-between-taking-antibiotics/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Peter H Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:39:05 +0000 http://impetigo.net/uncategorized/how-long-shall-i-leave-it-between-taking-antibiotics/#comment-404 It's a pain, isn't it? I was recently on high-dose flucloxacillin for a severe infection for several weeks, and, being a doctor, I did not take kindly to being a patient. Some useful pointers: 1. It does not have to be 6 hourly. 6 am, 12 noon, 6 pm and 10 pm is a good schedule (and it does not have to be on the dot). 2. It should be an hour before food, but the time after a meal is never fully specified. However, the stomach is normally fully emptied after 4 hours. I reckon the antibiotic absorption will be effective if you wait 2 hours after a meal. Breakfast at 7, lunch at 1, a little at 4 pm teatime and supper at 7 should keep you fed and antibioticised. It’s a pain, isn’t it? I was recently on high-dose flucloxacillin for a severe infection for several weeks, and, being a doctor, I did not take kindly to being a patient. Some useful pointers:

1. It does not have to be 6 hourly. 6 am, 12 noon, 6 pm and 10 pm is a good schedule (and it does not have to be on the dot).

2. It should be an hour before food, but the time after a meal is never fully specified. However, the stomach is normally fully emptied after 4 hours. I reckon the antibiotic absorption will be effective if you wait 2 hours after a meal. Breakfast at 7, lunch at 1, a little at 4 pm teatime and supper at 7 should keep you fed and antibioticised.

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