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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  You may know this, but one mistake many people make is that when antibiotics are given the whole amount must be used, even if the dog or human is doing better. The doctor always tries to give enough to kill off even the remaining stubborn bacteria, and many times people stop it as soon if the dog appears to feel better. The problem with this is that those remaining bacteria start multiplying and they are slightly resistant to the antibiotic; so another stronger antibiotic has to be given next time. So always use the full dosage until the bottle is gone. This isn't true of benadryl or pain medications, only antibiotics. Glad he's doing better! |
yep 100% agree and when skin issues many vets do not give for long enough as skin takes 25 days to kill a staph infection and sometimes longer so has to be given until 7 days beyond the date no lesions are on skin as skin infections are much harder to kill than internal and many vets only give for 10-15 days and they come back with a vengeance. Always complete antibiotics and it is not a bad idea to do probiotics for 2 weeks after antibiotic is stopped to pump up the body with good bacteria to balance the gut