Cefuroxime axetil & prednisone

Probably a long shot but would anyone happen to know if it’s okay to take Valaciclovir for a G-HSV1 outbreak while I am already on antibiotics for a sinus infection (on cefuroxime axetil). Apparently my body hates me right now. I’m in Ontario and “call your doctor” isn’t as easy as it sounds lol

After having to take a few different kinds for an infection I wanted to share a few alpha gal safe antibiotics for those of you with gum and magnesium stearate sensitivities. I hope this helps!
BACTRIM® Oral Suspension: inactive ingredients • Cellulose - dispersible (460) • methyl hydroxybenzoate (218) • propyl hydroxybenzoate (216) • sorbitol solution (420) • polysorbate 80 (433)
Cefuroxime axetil tablets: inactive ingredients colloidal silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, hydrogenated vegetable oil, microcrystalline cellulose and sodium lauryl sulfate.

I stumbled upon an obscure drug called AMLEXANOX.
What is Amlexanox?
It’s primarily used in Oral cream formulations to treat canker sores or aphthous ulcers within the mouth. The brand name is known as Aphthasol which contains 5% Amlexanox in an adhesive oral paste. However the medication was discontinued by the FDA in 2014 due to side effects of the formulation which include, transient pain, stinging, burning, contact mucositis, nausea, and diarrhea. The formulation is not meant to be swallowed, so It’s unknown whether or not the side effects are because of accidental swallowing.
How does this help with MCAS???
Amlexanox is a potent anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic Immuno-modulatory drug.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757066/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53235-5
Notable findings:
“Based on a previous study conducted by Makino et al. in 1987, amlexanox decreases allergic responses by inhibiting histamine release from mast cells [11]. It was observed that by inhibiting cyclic-AMP (cAMP) phosphodiesterase in rat mast cells, intracellular cAMP levels were increased, which inhibited the release of histamine.”
“Amlexanox has been authorized to treat asthma in Japan since 1987, and it is administered as an oral tablet. Amlexanox is currently produced in either 25 mg or 50 mg tablets in Japan by Takeda Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of allergy-induced asthma (Takeda Pharmaceuticals, 1993).1 Previous studies have demonstrated its efficacy in treating asthma and allergic reactions, including allergic rhinitis. The drug treatment, based on its inhibition of release of histamine and inflammatory leukotriene mediators by mast cells, neutrophils, and monocytes, has been recommended based on Japanese treatment guidelines for allergic rhinitis”
“In the present study, we investigated whether amlexanox can modulate LPS-induced neuroinflammatory responses in WT mice. Interestingly, amlexanox reduced LPS-evoked proinflammatory cytokine levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 in both serum and brain tissue. Amlexanox consequently affected the phenotypic activation of microglia, as shown by the reduced microglia Iba-1 positive cells depicted via immunohistochemistry. Other studies revealed that LPS-induced neuroinflammation in the mouse brain is evidenced by microglial activation, which is a consequence of the robust expression of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β, IL-6, and TNFα27,28,29,30,31. These in vivo data suggest that amlexanox can be a potential drug for neuroinflammation-related diseases.”
Amlexanox as an immunomodulator:
"Amlexanox’s immune modulatory effects have been the subject of studies which have repurposed the drug for potential therapeutic applications in metabolic and inflammatory disease. Because amlexanox inhibits TANK-binding kinase1 (TBK1) and nuclear factor kB kinase epsilon (IKKε), several studies have demonstrated its usefulness through its evidence downregulation of the immune system and attenuation of downstream TBK1 signaling."
It’s also worth noting that its chemical structure is similar to Cromolyn Sodium.
Here’s a video of the LDN research Trust discussing using it for MCAS patients to get off Prednisone and Antihistamines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfHcdJH6fuo
At the moment I have no idea how to obtain Amlexanox. Still trying to figure that out.

I told myself I would make this post once I knew I was better. I began heavily reading this reddit around 3-months of my sinusitis and far too often posts die without the OP updating the community on what they found worked (assuming this is the reason for the non-activity).
M/29/No underlying medical conditions beyond history of sinus infections.
TL;DR: Cefuroxime Axetil; MEDROL; Olopatadine AT THE SAME TIME.
In December 2023, a group of my friends and I all contracted some sort of respiratory sickness while on a trip together. Whereas others cleared up, mine advanced into full blown sinusitis and I went to my primary care doctor in mid-January who confirmed it was an infection and prescribed me a five-day course of Amoxicilin at twice a day. I commonly have sinus infections in the spring which have required a 10-day course, if not something stronger than Amoxicillin so I was wary this was going to do the trick. At the end of 5 days, the sinus pressure was gone, but typical symptoms of a viral sinus infection remained.
The primary care referred me to an ENT, who I saw in early February. Through an endoscopy, the ENT confirmed no active infection but prescribed me Medrol along with fluticasone, azelastine, and cetirizine. The combination of these prescriptions had no effect on my persistent viral sinus symptoms. In this "non-infection time" I was still suffering from all the typical viral infection symptoms, plus acute headaches behind my right ear. It had been months sense I heard my normal, unclogged voice, and I couldn't have long conversations with people without a mucusy cough or blowing my nose.
In early March, having no relief and feeling as if my symptoms were progressing, I returned to the primary care who prescribed me the 10-day amoxicillin course. The primary care seemed concerned, as they did not know of any other form of antibiotic that would treat a sinus infection.
In mid-March, feeling no relief from the amoxicillin, I decided to go to an urgent care and describe the above history along with my longer history of sinus infections and how, in years past when I failed the amoxicillin, I was prescribed "something that I was told to take on a full stomach, as this antibiotic could cause issues." The Urgent care then went on a tirade about how the only thing stronger is a narcotic. Asking the urgent care what he meant by a "narcotic" and that I certainly wasn't prescribed a "narcotic" in years past- the urgent care then backtracked and said he was speaking in the addiction sense, and that "we've already lost Long Island, they take antibiotics all the time and their bodies can't fight the infection, they're just kind of waiting out there because their old and who cares." The urgent care then suddenly remembered doxycycline existed, and he could put me on that notwithstanding the previous five minutes of their "narcotic" tirade. I ended up with a five-day twice a day prescription for doxycycline.
Late-March I had no relief, although I wasn't in full blown sinus infection territory. I had exhausted my prescription medicine and no OTC mucus relief, allergy relief, flonaise or daily netipot was providing relief. I decided I would just let my body fight it out.
I was in San Diego for a week and my symptoms kind of alleviated. I began to wonder if my sinus issues were related to mold in my shoebox pre-war NYC apartment I shared with two other guys. When I returned back to NYC the infection symptoms came back full force and at a level I hadn't experienced over the past four months. I set out a little mold test that eventually came back negative.
Early April I returned to the ENT fully shooting mountains of grey-green-brown mucus out of my nose and lungs non-stop and was prescribed the following:
-Olopatadine HCL 0.6%, twice a day nasal spray
-Xyzal (non-brand name but same thing, same instructions as you get OTC)
-MEROL 4mg,
-Cefuroxime axetil 500mg, twice a day for 10 days.
Within five hours of first Cefuroxime my head pressure cleared. It would take five days for my voice to return to normal and at the end of 10 days I still had one episode a day of a bit of green mucus. It's now been 14 days since that last day and my symptoms are completely cured. I believe the key was not only the Cefuroxime antibiotic along with the Olopatadine (it was like instant relief to the inflammation) but also taking the MEDROL at the same time as the antibiotic.
I hope this helps with everyone here. It certainly is a mental battle with not only the "will I ever get better" but also navigating the healthcare system. The first four months of this year just seem like a wash to me, but I know there were still moments I pushed through to enjoy with friends.

Hello, I'm 20M
I scratched the inside of my ear then the pain started three months ago. And then used 70 percent rubbing alcohol thinking it would ease the pain but it made it worse.
Local ent gave me Econazole Nitrate+ Triamcinolone Acetonide 1%+0.1% cream which made the pain worse in end of February. After three days of application the pain increased so I stopped.
Then I went to a dermatologist
who prescribed me cefuroxime axetil + clavulanic acid 250g antibiotic for a week and antihistamine for 14days. It did not help.
Here's a video of the insides of my ear:
https://streamable.com/c1jahn
And images with dates:
https://ibb.co/Y7WY6P0
As you can the broken capillaries and the wound is not healing. Is this sign of cancer or Mrsa infection or fungal infection or contact dermatitis of the Ear Canal
will it heal eventually cause its been months and the pain and swelling still is present. The area behind my ear feels tight and uncomfortable. Is this because permanent burn skin damage because of using alcohol?
Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you

Around 2 weeks ago I got perscribed cefuroxime axetil 250 mg for a toenail infection that hurt me to walk/rest for about a week and had drainage but was just normal skin bacteria (paronychia) . The infection cleared. Now I have been sick with a fever I got diagnosed with bronchitis and a sinus infection and they perscribed me amoxicillin. Did me taking cefuroxime cause me to get sick and do I have antibiotic reistance now? I am so scared to start the amoxicillin. Please help! My doctor said there is no need to worry but I am such a hypochondriac.

Even tho I told my doctor about bactrim DS he said no you have a bigger body index. You need something stronger so he gave. Cefuroxime axetil instead. Does this work for prostatis? Anyone with experience with this drug?

This is the urine culture result:

E.coli ---------------- INT MIC AMOX/CLAVULANATE S 4 AMP/SULBACTAM I 16 CEFAZOLIN NR <=4 2 CEFEPIME S <=0.12 CEFTAZIDIME S <=1 CEFTRIAXONE S <=0.25 CIPROFLOXACIN S <=0.06 GENTAMICIN S <=1 IMIPENEM S <=0.25 LEVOFLOXACIN S <=0.12 MEROPENEM S <=0.25 NITROFURANTOIN S <=16 PIP/TAZOBACTAM S <=4 TRIMETHOPRIM/SULFA R >=320 S=Susceptible I=Intermediate R=Resistant = Not Tested NR = Not Reported NN = See Therapy Comments THERAPY COMMENTS Note 1: For infections other than uncomplicated UTI caused by E. coli, K. pneumoniae or P. mirabilis: Cefazolin is resistant if MIC > or = 8 mcg/mL. (Distinguishing susceptible versus intermediate for isolates with MIC < or = 4 mcg/mL requires additional testing.) Note 2: For uncomplicated UTI caused by E. coli, K. pneumoniae or P. mirabilis: Cefazolin is susceptible if MIC <32 mcg/mL and predicts susceptible to the oral agents cefaclor, cefdinir, cefpodoxime, cefprozil, cefuroxime, cephalexin and loracarbef. 

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As you can see, there is a gap between the 4 and 2. Is it sometimes 4 and sometimes 2? It's not 42 because other values don't have a gap between the 10s and 1s digits. It's not 4.2 because they put the decimal on other values. What is up with this?

I've struggled with pmdd for a while, with a menagerie of fun symptoms including brain fog, apathy, irritability, anhedonia, fatigue, and insomnia starting after ovulation.
I was recently put on a short course of prednisone to help my immune system calm down after getting covid, and it amped my system up like crazy. I slept very poorly, and started to just get super stressed out (prednisone is literally a stress hormone, apparently!). But the fact that I knew it was all from this external thing kinda changed my perspective about handling stress.
On the worst day when I was totally reeling from so little sleep, I took an approach of just trying different things to calm me down and pay close attention to what helped my system relax. I took a day off work, I went to a fitness class early in the morning. I felt great after, for a while, and eventually the anxiety crept in again. I used breathing techniques all day and distracted myself, noting when the pain in my chest would subside.
Stress isn't moral/immoral, it's just my body's response. It is physical. This idea was also cemented in me after seeing a PT about my neck pain-- apparently my nerves are literally, physically, tightened up and overreactive to stress! I think in the same way, my body is also overreactive to hormonal changes.
I just hit luteal so it always kinda goes downhill from here for a couple weeks, but I've kept up with the fitness classes and mindfulness and objective approach to managing stress. Last night I only slept like 4 hrs, so I'm definitely still struggling. But usually that little sleep ruins me-- leaves me bed-bound. But I'm actually doing kind of OK today?? My adhd meds are effective and I'm making progress in my work. I feel optimistic.
How do you manage stress? Are there certain kinds of physical activity, or foods, or hobbies you've found more calming than others when your system is in high alert? Let's share techniques for managing this shitshow, lol.

I beat the flu at the beginning of the month and my primary believes I’m in a flare up. I think it’s symptom progression in general as my overall quality of life has been going downhill the last 3 years in this journey. I’ve got quite a bit going on and still need answers for them. But anyways, they’re doing what they can until I can get to the rheumatologist with my new symptoms.
I’m on another tapered prednisone treatment, I respond well to it, but ugh. I hate being on a steroid because it makes me so amped up and like I have to be doing something. I’m back on my anxiety meds (chemical sensitivity got me off of them) and they’re helping in that regard. My presyncope and headaches get a little worse, but about half my pains are lifted and my stomach pain is more manageable, allowing me to actually crave food. It’s a nice little 5 day break, but also feeling like my body’s going through hell with the immune system reboot, being exhausted one second, insomnia the next. I can’t be on it long term due to my ptsd getting amped with steroids.
It sucks not being able to manage my pain or symptoms due to chemical sensitivities. I took ibuprofen as directed by my last rheumatologist, told them it hurts me, makes my pain worse, tears my stomach up. I lost 35-40 pounds in the last year due to following their advice. Too afraid to try other NSAIDs as I can’t stabilize my weight, can’t take risks. My new rheumatologist is amazing, but we’ve had one appointment and it takes forever to get in.
All I can do is trust my primary, it’s exhausting having my body constantly go through changes with day to day symptoms and going through treatment. I daydream about driving again and being able to work without my conditions hindering me or causing me to spiral.

I'm 24 years old now.
It all started on May 2021, when I got a really bad UTI, worst pain of my life! I had to used a catheter and docs put me on IV antibiotics for 2 days. By then the last time I had sex was on February 2020 with my then girlfriend, we had unprotected sex if that makes a difference...
Every day since then I have been dealing with mild burning urination specially after I masturbate, sometimes a sensation that I can't empty my bladder, sometimes my pee has a strong smell (this happens maybe 1 or 2 times per month).
I notice that it gets worse after a workout my legs and abs, specially if I do laying leg curls that day.
I did a urine culture on september 2022, nothing found, I did another urine culture and a semen test on October 2023, nothing found there either. Every 6 months I get blood and urine tests and all cames back normal.
On 2023 I started a course of doxycycline but this was intended for acne treatment and I didn't noticed any change on my symptoms previously described.
Recently I went to an urologist and he said I should start taking antibiotics, the pill is called Zinnat 500mg and it seems to be cefuroxime axetil. It is an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections, including respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, skin infections, and some sexually transmitted infections, etc.
So should I start the Zinnat course?

Day 4 post op. I’ve been sleeping a lot but I’m still very drowsy for most of the day. I also easily get dizzy.
Is this still due to anesthesia? I thought it goes out of the system within 24 hours but I could be wrong..
Or could it be due to meds? I was prescribed Cefuroxime axetil 500mg twice a day for antibiotic and Celecoxib 400mg once a day for pain as needed.
For those who experienced it, what did you do and how long did it take before it was gone?

Tl;dr - Reeling from stupid comments made by husband and family, now cant sleep.
I am a long term eczema sufferer. I have "dealt" with this obnoxious condition since I was an infant. Its a terrible chronic condition which will set any person into finding their limit.
I just hit mine.
Fucking suffering doesn't begin to cover it. This is dumpster fire, sucking out any love from any corner of life. Passion for life being consumed while your family and friends watch the inferno, asking questions like, "well did you moisturizer today?"
Or my personal favorite, "What did you get into recently that caused this flare?"
Let me state now, I know they are only trying to help. But the rage in my heart burns as hot as as the giant bleeding wounds and unheal-able rashes running across my body.
I DON'T KNOW and I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS even after Ive thrown myself into finding any relief I can.
Allergists, dermatologists, nameless specialists, crack pot theories, thousands of unsolicited "remedies" AND endless research into gut health or elimination diets. BUT I'm still here still looking like patient zero in a zombie film. Broken skin from head to toe, with a dry skin and now a bad attitude.
This particular flare has been on going, relentless for 5 months. Its so bad, I've moved in with my parents. I believe that my house was harboring something that made my allergies and subsequently my skin decide to seek shelter under my nails. So I packed a bag, rewashed everything in my parents house and waited.
After 1 week atleast my asthma calmed and after 3 weeks I wasn't crying from the pain of getting out of bed anymore, so I thought some progress was being made. I know it takes a long time to see results.
But then it started reversing. Suddenly I couldn't breathe again, and the itching intensified. The pain is something deep and indescribable. Since then something shifted and made me believe I can't do this anymore. So i called my husband and cried. Unloading that none of the sacrifices I am making are helping and I dont know what to do. Together we decided that its time for another round of steroids.
The magic of prednisone is a wonder to behold. I went from circling the drain, to standing on my own two feet in a matter of 24 hours. (I'm not trying to persuade anyone into taking prenisone, but just recounting my experience. There are serious side effects that need to be taken into account before using)
The pain was gone. I had more mental clarity than I'd have had in close to 6 months. And I expressed this to my family. Stating how I had energy and finally felt close to being human again.
My husband says, that its my fault for waiting so long to take the steroids. I could have drop kicked him. I finally felt good, and what, its time for victim blaming? So I snapped at him, well then tell me when was I suppose to start or subsequently when I am suppose to stop? Maybe I should just stay on steroids until my bones become too brittle to handle to calcium absorbtion? He drops the conversation and says "pretend I didnt say anything."
I'm fucking boiling, but let him go. And try to cool down. The last thing I need is to get more amped about a situation I can't control.
Fast forward 3 days and the prenisone begins to taper down. And the now healing skin begins to itch again. The hives start. The redness grows. My heart sinks. I got 2 days of relief. Two days of not walking around like an old lady before the skin starts bleeding on the back of my legs again.
This has me reeling, I feel like Im headed back to the pain. Headed back to the fog and confusion. I sit down and talk to my family about it. I only got 2 days of some what normalcy. Im terrified and want to talk and see what can I do to stop it. I dont want to go back.
My dad looks at me and says, "You should be happy you got two days of relief."
What the actual fuck. This got me so messed up I straight blue screened. No comment was made, maybe my mom and husband were as shocked as me? Or maybe they don't know how much pain I'm in?
I'm at a loss. I'm stuck. When I was younger, my anger would have protected me, letting me snap at ill timed, stupid comments. But nowI feel like the rage inside me is dying. Everything getting consumed by this dumpster fire that is eczema.
What else am I suppose to be doing?

Hello... I had my first round of cdiff last July after taking Clindamycin for a root canal. Did the standard 10 days of Vanco then had a relapse a few weeks later. Did a long pulse and taper of Vanco and have been doing fine. Took Macrobid for a UTI in November with no issues. Now I have another UTI that is resistant to Macrobid. I've been prescribed Cefuroxime Axetil twice a day for 5 days with Vanco alongside twice a day for 7 days. (Unfortunately I am allergic to penicillin and sulfa so my choices are limited when it comes to antibiotics). I have never taken Cefuroxime Axetil before. Is anyone familiar with it? Does the two extra days of Vanco seem like enough?

So my fiancé was recently diagnosed and did the LP to fast track the diagnosis. Unfortunately her post LP headache lasted over a week. Nuero prescribed Fiorcet, but that didn't completely alleviate the headaches. Went to our local ER to get the epidural blood patch and that experience was an absolute nightmare. All for it to end with them opting to not do the blood patch. Our nuero (1 hour away) got us an appointment with their pain clinic to get the blood patch done there at their pain clinic. The weekend went alright, then came Monday for the blood patch. Her back and neck were really sore but the headache less intense. Three days go by, it's still there but less intense. Still she can't be vertical for more than an hour or so before she feels she needs to lay down. There's been a lot of stress and crying during this.
Nuero and anesthesiologist agree she should get a 2nd blood patch. Scheduled it for that next Monday. Get it done and over the next couple days it really starts to go away and she's feeling better. However her earliest MS symptom (back in early September '23) started to act up. Tightness and tingling in her right glute and hamstring. Nuero said we should do a 3 day treatment of prednisone, both to hopefully tamper any inflammation from happening, if that's what it is, and to also bridge the gap between now and when we start Kesimpta.
Keeping in mind she's been having to lay down constantly for just over three weeks at this point. She has barely worked and hasn't driven at all. We start the prednisone on Saturday, we go Sunday and then this last Monday when she finishes.
From Sunday - Wednesday it has absolutely slammed her. Extreme fatigue, unable to focus on anything, but her heart was pounding out of her chest. Just sitting and eating would get her bpm into the 105-115 range. Elevated anxiety, upset stomach, and I think she may have experienced her first bout of the MS hug on Wednesday. She also started a very mild cough.
We went to the urgent care yesterday at the behest of our nuero to test for COVID, Strep, RSV, and UTI. She also got a chest x-ray. Everything came back negative and normal. She started feeling a bit better yesterday, and a little bit mroe today. I think she's finally on the right track. But it was so discouraging to hear a lot of folks take such high, high prednisone dosage and feel amped up, hungry, etc. Side effects, sure, but manageable. She said to me yesterday that these last few days in the wake of the prednisone course that "This is the worst I have ever felt. It's been traumatic"
With such a bad reaction to the prednisone, I'm now worried how she's going to take to Kesimpta. Completely different drugs that do very different things, but my own anxiety doesn't much care for logic.

Hey there! So far for biologic medications I've been on and failed Humira and Remicade. I started Xeljanz on Jan 27 after a long wait period. (Thanks, insurance!) I tapered off Prednisone on Feb 2, and I was feeling pretty decent, thinking that maybe Xeljanz was working freakishly well for me. Those positive feelings ended after I ended up getting a pretty annoying cold, which seemed to really amp up my worst UC symptoms. I was starting to feel almost as close to as awful as I did when I was first diagnosed. Very depressing after I had this false hope right away. Seems like the combination of the cold and the Pred taper just sent me in a downward tailspin.
I just spoke with my doc last week, and we decided to restart Pred as a bandaid solution to give Xeljanz more time to kick in. I also kind of need this quick temporary fix right now because I'm a professor, and I need to make it through this term for my students! Having three kids also makes me more okay with starting Pred so that I can be somewhat of a functioning mother instead of a UC zombie. Although I hate the side effects of Pred, I'm thankful it mainly works for me, but admittedly, it's taking longer than usual to be effective from what I'm noticing sadly. So, if Xeljanz ended up working for you, how long did it take?
Also, I've been contemplating my UC and the effects on my life a lot over the last few weeks, and I am also feeling like I should entertain the idea of surgery more than I had ever considered in the past. If anyone wants to speak to that issue, I'd love to hear any perspectives. Thanks to everyone in this community! It's so nice to know we aren't alone in these struggles.

Age: 25 Sex: Female Medication: Oral birth control
Hello everyone, I recently started the antibiotic cefuroxime axetil 500mg, and i’ve never been on this medication before. I’m supposed to be on it for a month due to a chronic sinus infection. I started it 2 days ago. However, this morning I woke up with some pretty extreme itching behind my knee and on my arms and hands. Little welts/warts appeared as well. My inner right thigh is also hot and red. Could this be an allergic reaction to the medication? Should I continue to take it, or stop it and contact my doctor?
https://imgur.com/a/K6fBGel

I apologize for any typos in advanced. I’m on my 4th reoccurrence. I need advice and some help.
I got sick with something in October 2023. After getting over the initial sickness, I lost my voice and developed a sinus infection. My teeth were hurting along my right jaw line. Went to a dentist initially because I thought it was my teeth. He scanned and saw my sinus were inflamed; he prescribed me a zpack. I started the Z pack on November first. Sinuses initially improved. Mid to late December symptoms started coming back. Went to a Dr and was prescribed augmented amoxicillin… started that around December 28. Once I was finished it took about a week for my symptoms to flair back up. I finally went to an ENT (January 7th-ish. He prescribed me with 2 rounds of Cefuroxime and prednisone steroid. Finished that around January 30th. February 1st sinus were still inflamed. Clear mucus at least… I followed up with my ENT on February 6th. He did a scan and said the right was still about 1/4-1/2 full. He sent me away and said I needed to do Flonase and nasal irrigation with mucinex and to come back in 2 months.
On February 9th I started discharging dark yellow discharges of mucus with the foul smell. It is now February 14. I’ve had these discharges 2-3 times a day. It’s not constant which is weird. I know it’s my immune system responding to an infection. Most likely bacterial…
I’m now doing: Flonase once in morning 1 vitamin D3 1 fish oil pill 1 multi vitamin 1 8oz glass of athletic greens (probiotic) 1 mucinex in morning and night. 2-4 nasal washes using navage. Then using simply saline throughout the day prolly 1-3 times per hour.
Here’s the thing. It’s February 14th. I’m getting in with my ENT tomorrow for a follow up because I don’t believe sitting around doing nothing is helping. I want him to culture it but he’s pretty much saying surgery is the only way to culture it… or sticking me with a needle or something… I don’t remember what he said. I want to culture it. I’d like to do it without surgery if possible. If that’s the only way that’s the only way. I just want this gone.
If this is bacterial… giving the treatment I’ve been through…What in the world do I do? I don’t have a bad history of sinus issues. But I’m going crazy because this infection of whatever it is… is just sitting there and I can’t get rid of it.
It’s been only on my right side. He said he didn’t see a terribly deviated septum or nasal polyps. Not sure if he looked that good… I don’t have fever thus far.
Please if anyone has any ideas of how to fix or what it could be or recommendations.. please share with me.

Of the many rabbit holes I have gone down with Keyes, the one I have followed, thought about, then become doubtful of most recently is the idea that his amped up behavior, which was innately biological for sure, was also enhanced by prescription drug or even OTC meds.
Does anyone know whether he took prednisone? Wacky question, I know, but I recently read that it can cause hyper sexuality, hyper energy, and a “wired” amd invincible feeling. It was being taken by the Canadian serial killer Russell Williams, and some have attributed Williams’s criminal escalation to his taking it for arthritic pain.
Meds would simply be more fuel for an already out of control fire.

I was on prednisone for about a week and a half stint in late December to early January (maybe December 30th to January 7th) due to a reccurent outbreak of hives. I started at 60 MG and then slowly tapered to 40 MG and 20 MG before ending it. Initially, prednisone worked great and I felt really energetic and personable, it also helped with ridding me of the hives, but then it caused some tension headaches I occasionally get (but mostly had under control due to Lamictal) to affect the front of my head and make my head feel tight at times and rigid instead of just the sides which is what I am normally accustomed to and happen more frequently. I am still experiencing the more severe headaches compared to what I am used to, with occasional periods of relief at times that feel random.
I've been accustomed to the last few months and I am wondering if anyone else has dealt with it and if they can provide me encouragement, because it has been harder than normal to type and I feel a little stupider when I'm dealing with them and they are frustrating--I had bad brain fog for years but Lamictal got it mostly under control believe it or not and I don't want it to take over my life again. I occasionally have had the frying an egg on the sidewalk feeling too that was the telltale sign of the worst of my brain fog, although I still am not displaying such a disconnect between my intent and my execution that it rivals how bad it was yet.
I have had headache problems for years ever since I suffered a concussion in 2021, but this is the worst its been since the summer and I am assuming somehow in exchange for reducing the welts that I was dealing with after I ate, it cause the headaches to flare up.
I also have been somewhat more paranoid about things and overall frustrated when things don't feel right, really trivial things like putting an emergency contacts card for my job in my name tag. It's not very consistent what makes me nervous/causes me to break concentration but that has been more of an issue since getting off the prednisone than it has been in a while.
Not necessarily a hindrance but tangentially I also noticed acne and random spots developing lately, I am sure it is not Stevens Johnson Syndrome (which is definitely a legitimate concern being on Lamictal) because they are so isolated and spread out. It is not a clump of them all near each other. Plus I have been on the same dose of Lamictal for 6 months and I feel I would have developed something by now.
My question ultimately is -- have you all dealt with these symptoms after taking prednisone and do they tamper down long than a 2 week period?
You can feel free to browse my longer posts for more info, I just need encouragement because I don't want to take other drugs for the headaches that are stronger than Tylenol, I tried Effexor and Protriptyline before going on Lamictal and the former basically made me into a confused lethargic zombie and the latter just made me tired. Lamictal is the only thing that worked at any level and truly resolved my issues.