Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) Questions Nephrologist

Double dose of antibiotics for kidney?

Last week I had severe kidney pain. I was prescribed Amoxicillin 500 (10 pills twice a day). It helped within hours. A godsend. I finished my script and the next morning woke up with the same kidney pain. Is it okay to start one more round of Amoxicillin?

Female | 48 years old
Complaint duration: 2 weeks
Medications: None
Conditions: None

1 Answer

Did you have a urine culture done to document if you Gad UTI?
I think you should have a CT scan kidney stone sequence to check if you have a kidney stone at this time before you take another round of antibiotics and you can do U/A with reflex culture.