I’ve been hospitalized for poison ivy twice but I don’t remember what all they gave me
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Maybe the same topical antibiotic you get to treat shingles?
sep 2, 2025, 3:04 am • 2 0 • view
You use antivirals for shingles, not antibiotics
sep 2, 2025, 3:07 am • 1 0 • view
Is it just a standard ointment for the sores?
sep 2, 2025, 3:09 am • 1 0 • view
Oral valcyclovir, unless it’s really bad and you get a superinfection
sep 2, 2025, 3:10 am • 1 0 • view
I got valtrex (which is calculator) orally but then they made put some ointment on the sores since they were open and bleeding, which I assumed was an antibiotic.
sep 2, 2025, 3:12 am • 1 0 • view
Yeah if it’s bad and open sometimes we’ll treat with topical muprocin for that. Also that sounds awful.
sep 2, 2025, 3:14 am • 2 0 • view
lol, I do not recommend getting shingles, it was on my inner thigh halfway past the knee
sep 2, 2025, 3:15 am • 2 0 • view
Dude shingles is a bad choice (not a choice). I had very mild shingles and man having it bad would suck
sep 2, 2025, 3:25 am • 1 0 • view
Anyway, hopefully poison ivy isn’t like that.
sep 2, 2025, 3:12 am • 2 0 • view
If the shingles rash breaks, sometimes you'll get topical antibiotics as a prophylactic. It's not treating the disease as much as preventing secondary infection from bacteria.
sep 2, 2025, 3:09 am • 3 0 • view
That’s true, yeah.
sep 2, 2025, 3:10 am • 2 0 • view
Shit. Derp. You're a doc. I'm a dumb. Sorry.
sep 2, 2025, 3:21 am • 1 0 • view
I mean you weren’t wrong!
sep 2, 2025, 3:38 am • 1 0 • view
Do not recommend.
sep 2, 2025, 3:18 am • 1 0 • view