Health Check: I’m taking antibiotics – when will they start working?
- Written by Christine Carson, Research Associate at the University of Western Australia, University of Western Australia
Antibiotics are only useful for treating infections caused by bacteria, not viruses or fungi.from shutterstock.com
So you’ve got an infection (probably), feel terrible, saw your doctor and now have a freshly filled prescription for antibiotics. Once you start taking them, when will you feel better?
This is difficult to predict. Each infection...
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