benefits or risks of taking antibiotics and prednisone together

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Hi Tikka, Yes, I've taken the two together. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it didn't. Did your Doc do a sinus culture? This will isolate whether or not Augmentin will kill the bacterium. Also lab usually recommends how many weeks of treatment are appropriate. One of the biggest problems with sinus infections is that they are not treated long enough. tikka_s <tikka_s@...> wrote: Thanks for the info . Have you taken this before the surgery? Or after? and for how

long.thanks,tikka>> Yes Tikka I have, in fact every surgery I've undergone it's been the two> combined and I've had six surgeries. I've now been on Prednisone since early> September but now only on 2.5 mg a day. While Prednisone isn't what everyone> likes taking, to me it's a necessary evil.> > > > > > _____ > > From: samters [mailto:samters ] On Behalf Of> tikka_s> Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2007 12:45 PM> samters > Subject: benefits or risks of taking antibiotics and

prednisone> together> > > > Has anyone taken a three week course of prednisone and antibiotics> (Augmentin)? My ENT suggested this and then a CT Scan to see how good > she could get me before deciding to go forward with surgery and then > perhaps desenstitization.> > Has anyone done this combination? I was on antiobiotics for 4 months > from March-July with no results and am hesitant to compromise my imune > system yet again.....> > any thoughts...> thanks,> > tikka> > > > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition.> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1188 - Release Date: 17/12/2007> 2:13 PM> > > > No virus found in this outgoing message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus

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