Oh my God tooth infection not getting better by antibiotics? I am suffering!

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Ms Toad has good info in her first couple replies.

About 18 months ago I had an abscess under a crown and it decided to happen on the flight I was on to go to my mom's funeral of all things. Fortunately it was a week day and I was able to get int to see my sister's dentist right away. Gave me that same antibiotic, which worked for the first couple days but then turned into a nightmare. My body rejected the drug, not c-diff, and I couldn't eat at all. When I got back home I called my doctor, who was not in but took my call, and after arguing with the PA at the clinic about continuing this particular antibiotic I was able to get a different antibiotic which was not a problem. I had amoxicillin for the same tooth abscessing a couple years prior* and got c-diff so I was apprehensive but it worked as long as I ate yogurt a couple times a day with it. The Dr also gave me something for that too but I can;t remember what it was called.

Call you dentist and/or your GP and get a rescript, you should not be in that much pain after 24hrs. The ER could change the Rx.

*It took five years and three rounds of abscess to be able to find and afford a dentist who could perform the root canal I needed under the crown because I also have to be anesthetized and the kind of drug that I can tolerate is not used in my state so I had to go for a six hour drive to the dentist over several trips but I had free lodging with some dear friends so it was not so bad.