Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic Multiple boils should be appropriately managed with Oral antibiotics along with topical antibacterial. If I was the treating doctor I would have certainly advised an empirical oral antibiotic for a week. My choice would have been one from the penicillin group (e.g flucloxacillin) or cephalosporin group (e.g cephalexin). Topically you may use an OTC topical antibacterial e.g 2% mupirocin ointment, twice daily. An OTC painkiller e.g Ibuprofen, twice daily is a better alternative to gabapentin for symptomatic pain relief. Regards