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So 2 days ago my sore throat started. Yesterday I noticed white spots on tonsils, went doctors and got prescribed Phenoxymethylpenicillin ( take 2 tablets 4 times a day). But today the white spots are even worse. Should the penicillin be working by now and reducing the white spots?

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Not necessarily, no. Anyway, white spots aren't such a big deal, its yellow spots that are more of a concern... give the antibiotic time to do its work and judge how well they're working by how well you feel, things like fever disappearing, soreness of the throat easing. If there's a viral element to the infection, antibiotics won't make any difference to it anyway, they only treat bacteria.

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Noname4 in reply to bamboo89

Thanks, it’s started to get better today now anyway. Doctor said it was bacterial. Thankyou anyway :)

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bamboo89 in reply to Noname4

Oh good - I nearly said its often 36-48 hours before you notice an improvement, but didn't want to raise false hope!

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Well the only thing is, I haven’t been taking the antibiotics at regular times. Very unregularly actually. But still the 4 times a day. Hopefully they work

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