Originally posted by slidebyem
Thanks for the info NCG, who in their right mind would prescribe Vanco po?? Didn't know they pill it up now.

And it's the culturing.... people have been lax about getting speedy cultures.

You're most welcome. I'll tell you everything I know, if you've got ten minutes to spare.

Well, in my son's condition, it's better to keep him away from the hospital, if at all possible, than put him in. Doctors are well aware that hospitals are magnets for virus and bacteria of every sort.

If you go to an emergency room, wear a mask! With all the coughing and sneezing and wheezing, if you're not sick when you go, you will be when you leave.

Add Pa. to the list.There have been confirmed cases in Bellfonte and the Huntington area.I think there was a young boy in the Pittsburgh area that died,but not real sure.

Does anyone know the cost of the antibiotic used to treat this, and are there generics?


just wondering if this is one of those fabulous $10 a pill antibiotics.

MRSA is is everywhere, we all carry it in some form or another. Its been around for years, and will remain around for years. Its just so much more public now than it was before. My son is colonised with it and the doctors will not treat it anymore. He is forever on Antibiotics for one infection or another due to him having Cystic Fibrosis. Doesnt matter how often you wash your hands you will pick it up somewhere. You are just unlucky if you get an infection from it.

Big Pharma do NOT get rich on Antibiotics to treat MRSA infection or any other infection as the infection only ever afflicts a tiny percentage of the population, so go do the maths. Big Pharma gets rich on lifestyle drugs such as Sildenafil or on drugs that treat deseases with significant population densities (parkinsons / depression / ED / alzheimers)

If we are going to have a pop at big Pharma (and why not) at least get the facts straight first.

GSK still makes over 1$Billion from Augmentin et al, but, and here is the rub, both have generic alternatives costing tuppence a bucket. ( at least in Europe) But to change that you have to go vote for someone sensible in the US ... HHMmm how hard can that be.

Ouch, you're hurting me Dehurg, I stand by my facts though. Big Pharma is a gluttonous cantankerous ball of hooey.

Cantankerous I accept and gluttenous I accept as well. Hooey though, now that's the regulators without a doubt.

EMEA and FDA Hoooey ....

I have worked (past tense) for Big Pharma and gluttenous they can be and cantankerous I certainly can be ..

I remember one time on a Catermeran (sp?) off the coast of Barcelona with the smoked salmon canopes and champers oooohh and well that's another story....

This is very common in las vegas now... could be from everybody passing through

Oh when I had my Daughter, the chord was wrapped around her neck and they had to use scissors to cut the chord before I pushed her out.

Well, the scissors they used were blunt so the midwife ran to another room and got another pair. Thankfully, my Daughter survived, it was quite a close call, but very soon after, I found out I got staph from the scissors. They were not sterilised.

At the time, I just thought, oh well, it is a small price to pay for having my Daughter. But, I was on antibiotics for nearly 4 months.

I couldn't breast feed her because of the antibiotics. I was taking a combo of two types.

I have never been on antibiotics for that long before. Some people said there is one type of staph you can never get rid of, well after 4 months of antibiotics I started to worry.

Over it now, but very scary stuff!

Is it feasible that pharyngitis or tonsillitis could be caused by MRSA?

I've had a persistent infection of one tonsil for three months now. I've been through course after course of antibiotics, and they can't seem to kill it, only slow it down a little.

I've been reading more and more about this new strain, and it has me kind of concerned. I'd appreciate any replies.

My mother, who currently lives in Florida, has gone to Massachusetts for surgery. One of the pre-op things they did last week was to test her for this, they told her it was a precaution because 20% of us are walking around with it dormant, but they are treating her prior to the operation suppossedly to protect the people in the operating room, as well as herself.

This was a bit of a shock to me between the percentage (meaning you have it and if compromised can have serious repercussions) as well as them pre-treating her also for the protection of the staff (meaning though it's dormant in her she can pass it on?)

Can anyone comment on this? By the way, I'm glad we sent her back north for this surgery to a place they are actually taking precautions, they do not test for this where we are prior to surgery.

MANY healtcare workers are carriers of the dormant virus. They can carry it for years and never know it. It's similar with other viruses, you can carry it for decades, and never be affected by it.

There was a B-1 pilot who had a heart condition for most of his life, he never knew it and was never treated for it. He went out to Guam with his squadron one day, and suddenly collapsed. They airlifted him back to Hawaii, and before he died they were putting 2-3 pints of blood into him every day.

Viruses can be dangerous because you may not even know you're carrying them until something happens to compromise your immune system and kick them in.