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no because antibiotics fight off viruses not colds

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Why antibiotics wont help a viral sore throat or a common cold?

Antibiotics kill bacteria. They do not kill viruses.


Can antibiotics help pass marijuania drug test?

They can if you also consume cat urine. Cat urine can sometimes be enough but antibiotics help make doubly sure.


What to when you feel a cold coming on?

The best thing to do for a cold is to go to a health food store and buy some remedies that will at least make the cold symptoms subside. Since the common cold is viral, antibiotics would not help.


Can cold be cured by antibiotics?

No, antibiotics will not even treat a cold because a cold is caused by a virus and not bacteria. Antibiotics are only effective on bacteria. Viruses cannot be 'killed' with antibiotics, and taking antibiotics will only help you kill off bacteria in your stomach and make you have diarrhea.


Can anti biotics help a baby's cold?

No, antibiotics are only effective against BACTERIAL infections and a cold is a VIRAL infection.


Why wont prescribing antibiotics to humans every time help eliminate diseases?

Becase eventually the diseases grow immune to the antibiotics we prescribe, rendering the drug ineffective against them.


Why would antibiotics not help if you had a flu?

Influenza is a viral disease and antibiotics do not affect viruses, only bacteria.


Can a rash be a side effect of antibiotics?

Most antibiotics suggest that you stay out of the sun while you are taking the drug. The rash is kind of like sun poisoning--try taking Benedryl to reduce the itching. A washcloth soaked in cold low fat milk will help relieve the rash also.


Would antibiotics help when having the swine flu?

Not in the slightest.


Why antibiotics are not effective against cold and flu?

The common cold, like influenza, is a viral infection. Although innoculations can help prevent the flu, antibiotics (which kill bacteria) are only effective in treating bacterial infections (such as pneumonia) that may result.


Can a bilateral hydrosalpinx be treated with antibiotics?

Well..I should say it is difficult or impossible. Antibiotics just help release your symptoms but can't treat hydrosalpinx. The best medicine I think is Chinese herbs. Such as Fuyan Pill. Herbal medicine would not produce side-effect and drug-resistance.


What antibiotics should i take for head and chest congestion?

A chest cold is a VIRUS so u cant treat it with antibiotics. If you do, any other bacterior in ur body will become imune to them and they will become 'Superbugs' which are almost impossible to treat. There are antiVIRALS which can help but chances are they wont cos viruses are constantly evolving and it wont help.