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What Causes Swelling And Pain In The Thumb Joints?
I have been prescribed flucloxacillin 500 mg four times a day for an infected insect bite on my foot I ve been taking the tablets for six days now and my foot is almost healed but for the past three days my hands especially the joints on my thumbs Have swelled and are very painful almost to the point I can t bend my fingers is it the antibiotics that have caused this
Thu, 16 Nov 2017
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Sweelling and pain in joints and muscles is a very serious side effect of flucoxacilline that comes two days after taking it. Stop taking it anymore.
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