Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Hi! My name is le. I used to sell pharmaceuticals (antibiotics in particular). Macrobid is a antibiotic. Usually if they tell you not to chew or break a pill or capsule there is a good reason. Generally it has to do with its delivery system. However, barring allergies, there is no reason your doctor cannot prescribe another antibiotic. He may be prescribing macrobid out of habit ot because of insurance coverage or possibly even thinking the infection may be caused by a beta-lactamase producing pathogen. There are several other antibiotics which are just as effective- many even more effective than macrobid. Also, many of them come in liquid or suspension forms for children- this may be helpful because of the swallowing difficulties. Now, the dosing may have to be significantly increased because of the fact you using a children's med on an adult but I don't see why it can't be done. Here are a couple of meds that I know are maketed to both adults and children- Cedax (Schering-Plough), Zithromax (Pfizer)- Augmentin (-Kline Beecham). Diahrea can be a side effect from these medications. The other symptoms you mentioned don't sound typical but ask you doctor. Possibly it is reacting to other meds being taken. Hope this is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Hi! My name is le. I used to sell pharmaceuticals (antibiotics in particular). Macrobid is a antibiotic. Usually if they tell you not to chew or break a pill or capsule there is a good reason. Generally it has to do with its delivery system. However, barring allergies, there is no reason your doctor cannot prescribe another antibiotic. He may be prescribing macrobid out of habit ot because of insurance coverage or possibly even thinking the infection may be caused by a beta-lactamase producing pathogen. There are several other antibiotics which are just as effective- many even more effective than macrobid. Also, many of them come in liquid or suspension forms for children- this may be helpful because of the swallowing difficulties. Now, the dosing may have to be significantly increased because of the fact you using a children's med on an adult but I don't see why it can't be done. Here are a couple of meds that I know are maketed to both adults and children- Cedax (Schering-Plough), Zithromax (Pfizer)- Augmentin (-Kline Beecham). Diahrea can be a side effect from these medications. The other symptoms you mentioned don't sound typical but ask you doctor. Possibly it is reacting to other meds being taken. Hope this is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Hi! My name is le. I used to sell pharmaceuticals (antibiotics in particular). Macrobid is a antibiotic. Usually if they tell you not to chew or break a pill or capsule there is a good reason. Generally it has to do with its delivery system. However, barring allergies, there is no reason your doctor cannot prescribe another antibiotic. He may be prescribing macrobid out of habit ot because of insurance coverage or possibly even thinking the infection may be caused by a beta-lactamase producing pathogen. There are several other antibiotics which are just as effective- many even more effective than macrobid. Also, many of them come in liquid or suspension forms for children- this may be helpful because of the swallowing difficulties. Now, the dosing may have to be significantly increased because of the fact you using a children's med on an adult but I don't see why it can't be done. Here are a couple of meds that I know are maketed to both adults and children- Cedax (Schering-Plough), Zithromax (Pfizer)- Augmentin (-Kline Beecham). Diahrea can be a side effect from these medications. The other symptoms you mentioned don't sound typical but ask you doctor. Possibly it is reacting to other meds being taken. Hope this is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 My husband Ken was also put on a maintenance dose of macrobid to prevent UTI's . It worked wonders. He never had one after going on it. I had to break open the capsules and put them in liquid as he was on a feeding tube and could take nothing by mouth. I realize things in a capsule are usually timed release, but I felt I had no alternative, and it worked fine for us. Bernice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Forgive my being so blunt, but what kind of idiot is your doctor that he gives a patient with a swallowing problem horse pills and won't give him an alternative?? Does he know anything about MSA? I really feel for you, what a frustrating and worrisome position to be in! I'll have to rein myself in before I go off on a tangent on stupid doctors.....its one thing not to know about a rare disease, but to treat you and your patient this way seems heartless to me. I have encountered similar, although so far much less serious ignorance. I don't have anything to suggest, other than to get another opinion, or have your neuro call and talk to this guy (assuming its NOT your neuro that is doing this). Good luck, neither of you needs to go through this. Gail --- Jwmop@... wrote: > I think there was some discussion about this earlier > that I didn't > get to read but I'm hoping someone might be able to > help me. > 's doctor prescribed this two weeks ago after a > UA showed a uti ===== Gail gsouthwick@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Forgive my being so blunt, but what kind of idiot is your doctor that he gives a patient with a swallowing problem horse pills and won't give him an alternative?? Does he know anything about MSA? I really feel for you, what a frustrating and worrisome position to be in! I'll have to rein myself in before I go off on a tangent on stupid doctors.....its one thing not to know about a rare disease, but to treat you and your patient this way seems heartless to me. I have encountered similar, although so far much less serious ignorance. I don't have anything to suggest, other than to get another opinion, or have your neuro call and talk to this guy (assuming its NOT your neuro that is doing this). Good luck, neither of you needs to go through this. Gail --- Jwmop@... wrote: > I think there was some discussion about this earlier > that I didn't > get to read but I'm hoping someone might be able to > help me. > 's doctor prescribed this two weeks ago after a > UA showed a uti ===== Gail gsouthwick@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Forgive my being so blunt, but what kind of idiot is your doctor that he gives a patient with a swallowing problem horse pills and won't give him an alternative?? Does he know anything about MSA? I really feel for you, what a frustrating and worrisome position to be in! I'll have to rein myself in before I go off on a tangent on stupid doctors.....its one thing not to know about a rare disease, but to treat you and your patient this way seems heartless to me. I have encountered similar, although so far much less serious ignorance. I don't have anything to suggest, other than to get another opinion, or have your neuro call and talk to this guy (assuming its NOT your neuro that is doing this). Good luck, neither of you needs to go through this. Gail --- Jwmop@... wrote: > I think there was some discussion about this earlier > that I didn't > get to read but I'm hoping someone might be able to > help me. > 's doctor prescribed this two weeks ago after a > UA showed a uti ===== Gail gsouthwick@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Hi all, Not all capsules are timed release. Often (i.e. Amantadine) it is because the medicine tastes terrible and the capsule is to get it past the taster. I can get most of them in Charlotte through the PEG, which bypasses the taster. Some time release capsules can be opened and put through the PEG also - Prevacid will barely go through and Prilosec will not go through. Redi-Whip is handy for these occasions, you put a layer of it on the spoon, then put the medicine on the Redi-Whip and cover it with more Redi-Whip. Charlotte swallows it without tasting it (most of the time). I also use Redi-Whip for the Sinemet CR. Take care, Bill and Charlotte (who thinks Redi-Whip is up there with chocolate) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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