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Subject: To Mandi Author: Tim [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011, 05:56: am In reply to: mandi 's message, "How bad do antibiotic injections hurt?" on Saturday, April 23, 2011, 04:33: pm Hi Mandi, I would not downplay the pain of an antibiotic shot. Nor would I believe you should get 3 days worth. Being that you don't have Strep or some other deadly illness, 1 would be plenty. Antibiotic shots have very thick serium which requires a large needle. They are injected into the muscle for slow release once inside you. So 1 would surfice. I would also think that unless you are super tiny, you won't be over anyones lap. They also hurt for much longer then an hour. Expect to be limping when you walk out and expect it to hurt for at least a day, if not a few days. You have to decide whether that is worth it. If the shot is Bicillin, that will hurt even more - much more. Even if they add anesthetic, it takes time for the anesthetic to work. The medicine will certainly hurt first. I have gotten many antibiotic shots throughout life and trust me, you may regret the decision. Also, if all you have is a virus, it will have little affect. So I would let the doctor give you his opinion even if you do suggest it. The needle is large so it will hurt when it goes in and the medicine burns and will burn for quite awhile. You can keep your toes inward, bury your head, sing Kumbaya or think of sheep, but when that medicine goes in, you will find out what pain is - trust me... May I ask how old you are and what State you're in? This is just my experience and I wouldn't listen to anyone who says it won't hurt much or for long. It does..A LOT! Tim [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: mandi [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, April 25, 2011, 09:30: am well tim as for the tiny comment i am only 107lbs. i am 23 and live in PA. and u scared me a little bit with ur comment, it sounds like antibiotic injections really really really hurt. so based upon ur answer i might not get an injection now, i might stick with oral meds. i am a person who does not handle pain well and if i got an antibiotic injection then i would be screaming and crying for them to take it out and give me oral meds. so idk if an injection would be my best option. i just thought about an injection because i have been sick for a month now and seem to be gettign worse. at this point i def know i have a sinus infection, and most likely a bad case of bronchitis to. so i like i said i was thinking about an injection because i heard that it works faster then oral meds and i want to get better, but since u said the injection hurts like hell times 10 then i think i will stick with oral meds. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Tim [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 01:59: am Mandi, Take some Azithromycin and you'll start feeling better in 3-4 days. If you find it upsets your stomach, eat before you take it. On the first dose you take 2, then 1 a day thereafter. Unless someone is seriously ill, there is no reason for a shot. At least in New York we think this way...I haven't seen a doctor give a Penicillin shot in a longgggg time. I know my doctor avoids them...Other States may have a different attitude...Take the pills and you should start feeling better fast....Tim [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: mandi [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 05:52: pm well time i can't zithromax it makes me sick. and are u the same tim that told me how bad they hurt. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Tim [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 06:14: pm Yes, Im the same Tim. Theres over 5 different antibiotic pills to choose from. Try Cipro or Keflex. Let your doctor decide. There's no guarantee that even a shot will work. If what you have is viral, antibiotics won't cure it...But I have had a Staff infection in my blood and all of my vains turned red, and pills took care of it in 2-3 days.....Tim [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: mandi [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 08:42: pm hey tim i prefer liquid meds. i know i need antibiotics, i just want to get better tired of being sick. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Jonathan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 03:32: am Hey just wondering what was the outcome of your decision did you get the shot or not and how bad was it [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: mandi [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 08:30: am no I never got shot I always get oral meds [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: missey [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, October 23, 2015, 02:55: am If you change your mind next time I prefer shots and I use to be very uncomfortable with needles. It feels like a sting similar to an aunt bite and the medicine will feel like pressure and a bit of a dull pain but nothing unbearable. I get a shot and I'm done with it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Nick (hotel housekeeper) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015, 05:06: pm Your comment reminds me of a beautiful young hotel housekeeper who told me that she preferred treatment by injection because of its efficiency even though she sometimes couldn't sit comfortably afterwards. Whenever she was off-duty owing to illness, I enjoyed visualising her getting a shot in her shapely bare bottom. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Tim [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015, 09:04: pm Smart move. With the shot, the best you could hope for is a bad pain when you walk or sit for a few days.....who wants that? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Kenzie (Dreadful) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:15: am I had to get an emergency steroid shot for severe step in my hip and two antibiotic shots in my thighs and am 12o ibs. I'm usually amazing with pain and I was sobbing the whole time wanting them to stop. Doc didn't warn me and stabbed the first one I to my hip and I flinched and tensed. Worst pain from a doctor I've had, have to go in for two more today. Absolutely dreading it. Avoid it if you can my legs still kill from yesterday and the skinnier you are the worse it hurts. My strep is no where near the pain of these, after this I will refuse them. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: sarah [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015, 02:21: pm They do hurt. But it's not so bad. Of you get someone who knows what they are doing. If the oral is t working ask for a diffrent antibiotic. You have a rest a resistance strand to what ever antibiotic you are takeing [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Mel (Extreme Pain) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Saturday, February 04, 2012, 12:01: am Need Helpful Advice, I had a combo Antibiotic/Cortisone shot in my left hip for a nasty sinus infection Thursday. The site is increasingly growing to a large red area that feels warm to the touch. Its very painful to walk, sit or lay down. Anyone's own thoughts or personal experience on this? :'( [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: To Mandi Author: Soozie (Ouch) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 01:53: pm I just got one and u explained it to a tee..walking after was really the worst . Ugh.. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]