Too many antibiotics.?

Question

I have a lot of problem with my teeth. On average I end up taking about 3 courses of antibiotics every year. This year it was Jan for wisdom tooth then April for a chest infection and now again today for an abscessed tooth.

I am allergic to penicillin. I am worried that I am taking too many but what can I do? I read somewhere that too many antibiotics in a lifetime can increase a woman's chance of getting breast cancer. Any help.

Answer 1

If you need antibiotics, you need antibiotics; there's no real decision to make.

It's taking antibiotics when you don't need them that causes problems, because the antibiotics start to become resistent to certain bacteria, which is why things such as MRSA come about.

Answer 2

No, taking antibiotics does not cause breast cancer.

You need to see a dentist to sort out your abscessed tooth and to work out what to do about your wisdom teeth.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

the medication your gp has given you,  is not  penicillin, it is a

antihistamine,



they are very good , i'm also allergic to the same thing , so i would

not worry about them.

let me explain one thing too you,

  

  wisdom teeth are the most painful teeth anybody can have,

i had 2 of mine removed,

  

you , cannot get breast cancer thru  taking  the above,

it does not work that way , at all .



so do not sit there and worry yourself for no reason at all.

Answer 5

Like all medicines, you have to make a judgement about the benefits compared with the risks. Unless you have a family history of breast cancer I would not be too concerned about taking three courses of antibiotics in a year.

Also you need to realise that a lot of statistical data about the relationship between drug usage and problems like higher incidence of breast cancer is often not established as a causal relationship. This means that it may just be that people who get infections a lot may be more prone to breast cancer than people who do not or even that that such people live longer than people who do not take antibiotics and so are more likely to develop breast cancer than die of something else first.  The important thing is that you do not read too much in to the media interpretation of statistics.

In any case please remember that breast cancer has one of the best rates of successful treatment of any form of cancer

(Over 80% and rising I believe)