A common question asked by people is “how long does it take
for an antibiotic to work?”
Once you start taking antibiotics the effects of the drug
typically start to work fairly quickly.
Now don’t get this confused with how quickly you will notice your
symptoms improving.
Chances are you won’t notice any changes physically for a
few days after starting your antibiotic prescription. It will take time for the antibiotics to
start killing off the bacteria to a level where your body can start to
recover. And depending on how bad the
infection is this process can take even longer.
The one thing you need to remember is to take the full
course of antibiotics that was prescribed to you. Often time’s people stop taking them after
they start to feel better, which is a big mistake.
You’ve probably heard about all of the drug resistant superbugs
that are out there. Well, that’s how
they start. When the antibiotics don’t
fully kill the bacteria, the bacteria can mutate and become immune to that
particular drug and now you’ve just created a superbug.
Just a quick recap on “how long does it take for an
antibiotic to work?”
The answer is right away but you won’t feel any improvement
for at least a couple of days. And when
you do start to feel better don’t stop taking the antibiotics until you’re
done.
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you will actually start to feel worse before you feel better the affects of the anti bodies will attack the infection/ virus and they will infact struggle with each other before more of the drug gets administared and takes its course ..give it 3-4- sometimes 5 days...make sure you take ALL the medicine even if you feel better !