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Suggest Medication For Recurring Cellulitis

i will make this quick for u. my mother is in a wheel chair and two provinces away from me. she has previosly had cellulitis and by what she describes to me we believe she has it again. her dr is really frstrating for her. what can she take? what would be the better of medications she can take and would any antibiotic cream or ointment help?she uses flamazine for her wound but i know its not enough.
Thu, 25 Feb 2016
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Hi.

Antibiotics used for treatment of cellulitis are all to be carefully monitored, especially because some of them are the most common medications producing allergic reactions in inidivuals. The most common ones used are dicloxacillin, flucloxacillin, cefuroxime, erythromycin, etc. The course usually is about 14 days, and dosages depends on the indiviudal requirement. A topical antibiotic can help, but it is the oral antibiotics that are the primary treatment approach, so it doesn't really matter whhether or not a topical antibiotic is oart of the regimen.

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Suggest Medication For Recurring Cellulitis

Hi. Antibiotics used for treatment of cellulitis are all to be carefully monitored, especially because some of them are the most common medications producing allergic reactions in inidivuals. The most common ones used are dicloxacillin, flucloxacillin, cefuroxime, erythromycin, etc. The course usually is about 14 days, and dosages depends on the indiviudal requirement. A topical antibiotic can help, but it is the oral antibiotics that are the primary treatment approach, so it doesn t really matter whhether or not a topical antibiotic is oart of the regimen. Best wishes.