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Is Severe Leg Pain A Possible Reaction Of Having Z-PAK For Bronchitis?

Hello. My 13-year old son woke up saying both of his legs hurt really bad. He was in the little clinic on Saturday and was given a zpac for bronchitis. He s had a slight fever all day and goes in and out of feeling hot and cold, light headed, then feeling fine. He has a terrible cough and I ve been giving him Deslym 12-hour. He s been eating a little off and on and drinking lots of oj. Flu? Reaction to medicine? Thoughts? nervous mom
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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First of all don't panic. The child is only having seasonal allergy-so common in spring.
The Z-PAK doesn't have anything to do with the legs 'pain. It is just one of the symptoms of the Flu like illness. Just tell him to stay indoors and avoid exposure to grass and other flowers' pollen-the allergy is mostly to these two.Z-PAK is the treatment of choice for Lower respiratory infections but there should be addition of an anti allergic. At 13 years I think a non sedative Loratadine 10 mg will be good in 24 hours. But since it's a prescription drug you have to contact your GP to write you one.
Godspeed.
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Is Severe Leg Pain A Possible Reaction Of Having Z-PAK For Bronchitis?

First of all don t panic. The child is only having seasonal allergy-so common in spring. The Z-PAK doesn t have anything to do with the legs pain. It is just one of the symptoms of the Flu like illness. Just tell him to stay indoors and avoid exposure to grass and other flowers pollen-the allergy is mostly to these two.Z-PAK is the treatment of choice for Lower respiratory infections but there should be addition of an anti allergic. At 13 years I think a non sedative Loratadine 10 mg will be good in 24 hours. But since it s a prescription drug you have to contact your GP to write you one. Godspeed.