i have sore swollen glands and neck stiffness that is not responding to 3 antibiotic treatments in a row. no fever? . hello . i've had swollen glands and a stiff neck for going on week 4 now. my gp who is also an endocrinologist had me take zpack. it responded a little to the zpack but then it stopped so he had me take another one. when that didn't work he had me take augmentin. and i seem to be getting a little worse. i'm pretty worried. i do have hypothyroid but i was recently checked and all is well there plus the swelling is in the glands in my neck and not where my thyroid would be. no fever.
it is very difficult for me to comment on your case since i do not know any of the details including the reason for the antibitoics in the first place. not all "swollen glands" are bacterial so if you a a viral infection they would not help (no matter what antibiotic you chose) if you are getting worse it is up to your doctor to run some additional diagnostic test. i think this would be better than just throwing another (a 4th) antibiotic at it without really knowing if the underlying reason justifies it.