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A Word From Dr. Whiskers


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As some of you may know, I have been sick for a couple of weeks now.  I have a bronchial infection.  I, being a man who of course knows it all, decided a doctor was not necessary and I could doctor myself.  I've been drinking lemon tea with honey . . . taking penicillen . . . lots of bed rest . . . but still no improvement.  So yesterday I broke down and visited the hospital. The visit started off good . . . weight down . . 83.6 kg . . . 
blood presure good . . . 123 over 68 . . . great!!  
Then off to the blood lab.  
Uhoh. . . blood sugar way up . . . damn . . . probably the honey??  
The doctor again scolds me about the evils of smoking . . . yes 
doc . . . I'm a sinner . . . I'm addicted to smoking . . . just shoot me . . . 
I can't stop!!   Okay so we got past that.  Now he tells me that penicillen 
is a steroid and that steroids do not kill infections.  Oh really?!?  
Here I am all my life thinking penicillen was this miracle medicine that 
cure just about everything.  

So right there I learned 2 things that I didn't know . . . 
1. Penicillen is a steroid. and 
2. Steroids do not kill infections.  So now . . . to make a long story short,
beside the dozen or so medications I take everyday for my heart, 
my head and my diabetes, the doctor gave me four more for my 
bronchitus.  The moral of the story . . . Don't try to doctor yourself . . 
and be careful of old time remedies!!



Don't worry . . . I'll be getting well soon . . .


Have a great day!!    ;) 

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As some of you may know, I have been sick for a couple of weeks now.  I have a bronchial infection.  I, being a man who of course knows it all, decided a doctor was not necessary and I could doctor myself.  I've been drinking lemon tea with honey . . . taking penicillen . . . lots of bed rest . . . but still no improvement.  So yesterday I broke down and visited the hospital. The visit started off good . . . weight down . . 83.6 kg . . . 
blood presure good . . . 123 over 68 . . . great!!  
Then off to the blood lab.  
Uhoh. . . blood sugar way up . . . damn . . . probably the honey??  
The doctor again scolds me about the evils of smoking . . . yes 
doc . . . I'm a sinner . . . I'm addicted to smoking . . . just shoot me . . . 
I can't stop!!   Okay so we got past that.  Now he tells me that penicillen 
is a steroid and that steroids do not kill infections.  Oh really?!?  
Here I am all my life thinking penicillen was this miracle medicine that 
cure just about everything.  

So right there I learned 2 things that I didn't know . . . 
1. Penicillen is a steroid. and 
2. Steroids do not kill infections.  So now . . . to make a long story short,
beside the dozen or so medications I take everyday for my heart, 
my head and my diabetes, the doctor gave me four more for my 
bronchitus.  The moral of the story . . . Don't try to doctor yourself . . 
and be careful of old time remedies!!



Don't worry . . . I'll be getting well soon . . .


Have a great day!!    ;) 

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wanwadee . . . Are you calling my doctor a liar?? He said as you said . . penicillen is anti inflamatory . . but it actually helps to make the infection worse. I appreciate your imput but I'll go with my doctor on this one.

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Ahh . . . wanwadee . . . I think I understand what your saying now . . my doctor, being Thai, would probably be thinking along the same lines. So there is another lesson here . . . Be careful what you order from the pharmacy . . . it may not be what you think it is . . . thank you. :)

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wanwadee is correct.

assuming your doctor is not a quack--which is not impossible, but probably not the case---most likely either you had a miscommunication with your doctor, or you got the wrong stuff and it wasn't penicillin.

it is common and wide knowledge that penicillin is NOT an anti-inflammatory, it is an ANTIBIOITC.

i haven't googled it but you should. in fact everyone should google every medicine they take, whether they doctor themselves or the doctor gives them.

doctoring oneself with antibiotics is dangerous for exactly the reason wanwadee said: if you get anything wrong--diagnosis, dosage, etc... you're making yourself a little evolution lab and building bacteria that are resistant to that antibiotic.

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Yes Zeus . . . I believe wanwadee is right. If the Thai people call penicillin "Ya Gae Uk Sabe" and "Ya Gae Uk Sabe" is a steroid . . . then I am sure that's what my doctor meant. This makes what stegee said very important . . . "never take anything that isn't prescibed". :)

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Get well Whiskers but I think your doctors on better medication than you can detect.lol

Can get a Sulphur based a antibiotic such as Septrin Forte.For infections that don't react well to Penicillin.

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penicillen is a steroid ?????? WTF,wanwadee is perfectly correct, what you will find is 1. The bacterian you have isnt sensitive to Penicillian or 2, you dont have a bacterial infection but a virus, and all antibiotics have no effect on viruses. Hmmm , Roxithromycin is the antibiotic of choice for Upper respiratory tract infections: acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis.

Lower respiratory tract infections: acute bronchitis, acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, community acquired pneumonia.

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yes i agree with afook06.....Broncial infection, you need anti-biotics to get rid of it.............and cut the smoking for a while until it's gone.....

To get recover soon....stop smoking...no alcohol.....a lot of water...good food.....fresh air and much sleep.....

I hope you take care yourself and you on the road to get well soon....best wishes!

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