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What Home Remedies (if Any) Will Reduce Hand Swelling After Heroin Dose?

Hello my dumb ass mother had a friend shoot her uo with Herion for the 1st time and her hand is all swelled up. She took some ok Penacilin or how ever you spell it. What is wrong with her hand And what should I do about it? Does she need to go to the hospital because we can't afford to go to the hospital because it to expensive and shit. Is there any kinda home remades I can do or not. Please email me back what to do ASAP cuz I have tryed to look It up and have found nothing
Wed, 27 Aug 2014
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cannot really say without an exam. of course it could be just bruised/irritated but an infection would seem more likely. While penicillan is sometimes a good drug for needle infections, the most common germ (STAPH) almost always is resistant to penicillan and is mostly susceptible to staph resistant penicillan (methacillan) or cipro or bactrim or tetracycline. There are some staph resistant to each (methicillan resistant staph aureus... MRSA sounds so much better than BRSA or TRSA) and infections will require attention pretty quick and antibiotic treatment.
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What Home Remedies (if Any) Will Reduce Hand Swelling After Heroin Dose?

cannot really say without an exam. of course it could be just bruised/irritated but an infection would seem more likely. While penicillan is sometimes a good drug for needle infections, the most common germ (STAPH) almost always is resistant to penicillan and is mostly susceptible to staph resistant penicillan (methacillan) or cipro or bactrim or tetracycline. There are some staph resistant to each (methicillan resistant staph aureus... MRSA sounds so much better than BRSA or TRSA) and infections will require attention pretty quick and antibiotic treatment.