Bad chest

[Zaraboo]

So ive got a chest infection which always seems to hapoen when i get a cold with my asthma went to gp on tuesday and was given amoxycillin 50g x3 a day and a five day course of steroids so its now sunday and im still struggling im going back to gp tomorrow as my chest is really sore now with all the coughing.yesterday (sat) i phoned 111 and spoke to a nurse cos i wasent sure if i should leave it till mon when my own gp is open anyway to cut a long story short she told me that the antibiotics need time to work but i know from past experience that they arent going to and i told her so she got a bit shirty then and said i need to give them a chance as anyone else had an experience like this where they know that they are going to need further/different antibiotics and possibly more steroids .

[DeanSamson]

Hi,

I was the same I went to the docs last Thursday as i was coughing up blood and really bad chest. If I'm honest I usually feel the antibiotics and steroids working within 3 days but this time it's took me untill I finished them for things to start settling down. Each day now i seem to be getting a little better and better. Itbwasnthe chest soreness that starting better better first. Hope your on the mend. Dean