my husband had an op for carpol tunnel last week,his wound has become infected and he was given 500m flucloxacillin and has been taking them since 4 pm yesterday, every 4 hours since,theres no improvement at all and he is in a lot of pain,should we get to a doctor or will it take longer before he sees results?
Hi, Flucloxacilin is good broad spectrum antibiotic. Any antibiotic takes some time to give its effect. As you have started yesterday only, wait for 1-2 days more to give its result. Once antibiotic starts its action there will be improvement in infection. For pain take ibuprofen or diclofenac as needed. Ok and take care.