{"id":64419,"date":"2018-10-10T05:13:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T11:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=64419"},"modified":"2018-10-10T06:09:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:09:42","slug":"be-careful-with-your-medications-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/10\/be-careful-with-your-medications-folks\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Careful With Your Medications, Folks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I cut off the end of my finger<\/a> recently\u00a0with a butcher knife many readers said they took my example to heart and vowed to change their ways when handling sharp knives. Well, you might as well learn from another recent and colossal blunder of mine.<\/p>\n

First a very brief recap so the story makes sense to everyone.<\/p>\n

Nine days ago when I\u00a0went to the ER for what turned out to be epididymitis\/orchitis they sent me home with the antibiotic Levofloxacin. That turned out to be contraindicated because of my neuropathy so they changed it to Cefdinir. Two days later when my symptoms worsened the ER\u00a0doc called my urologist who said they should change my antibiotic once again, this time\u00a0to Doxycycline. Which they did and I took it twice a day for roughly four days.<\/p>\n

At least I thought I did.<\/p>\n

As soon as you see the photo below you’ll probably guess what really happened.<\/p>\n

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This is Cefdinir on the left and Doxycycline on the right. The capsules are the same size and somewhat similar in color – especially when seen through the amber plastic of the prescription containers. Somehow I mixed them up by not paying enough attention so for 2 1\/2 days (5 pills worth) I took the wrong antibiotic before I noticed my error and\u00a0switched back to Doxycycline.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a different\u00a0situation that could have been a dangerous or\u00a0even lethal mistake. I’m usually very careful about such things but this time I just screwed the pooch. I keep trying to tell myself that I’m not\u00a0much dumber than the average Joe (or Jolene) and\u00a0assuming that’s true it could happen to anyone.<\/p>\n

I saw my Urologist yesterday and sheepishly admitted my error and apparently no serious damage was done besides possibly delaying my recovery. But let me tell you, that antibiotic cocktail really did a number on my gut flora. For about three days my intestines felt like someone had repeatedly run them through a pasta machine. And they’re still recovering.<\/p>\n

Serves me right for making such a stupid mistake. And what should I expect from an airheaded blunder like that?\u00a0After all, antibiotic literally means “against life”.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Back to birds tomorrow…<\/em><\/p>\n

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When I cut off the end of my finger recently with a butcher knife many readers said they took my example to heart and vowed to change their ways when handling sharp knives. Well, you might as well learn from another recent and colossal blunder of mine. <\/p>\n

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