Patient's question:
A few days ago, I had a high fever with no other symptoms. After taking Huitong and fever-reducing medicine, the fever subsided, but then I started coughing. The coughing became particularly severe at night, with almost no phlegm and mostly light coughing. I gave him Cefadroxil and Feilike Heji, but there was no significant improvement. After getting blood tests done at the hospital, they said the cough was caused by a virus and prescribed Azithromycin. However, I've heard that Azithromycin has severe side effects and don't want to give it to him. Is there any other medication I can use?Doctor's answer:
Azithromycin! It's still relatively safe! I wonder what specific aspects you're referring to regarding its side effects? This medication, except for the need to adjust the dosage in cases of liver dysfunction, has almost no adverse side effects on the body! The only side effect is gastrointestinal reactions, which may recur but will disappear after stopping the medication! Now that Azithromycin is not something you want to take and Cephalosporin is ineffective, you might have to consider Amoxicillin!