I honestly care more about your opinion on this then my doctors...

What do you mean by sick? A cold? Measles? Ebola?

bronchitis

bearbro wrote:

Ok, so here's the deal: I got sick and was prescribed anti-biotics. Obviously the doctor says "rest and don't exercise because i don't want to be sued blah blah blah"

but I was wondering if anyone who got persribed anti-biotics mid track season ever worked out while taking them. if so, how'd it go?

Anecdotal evidence from LR posters doesn't really work, here. We know that antibiotics increase the risk of tendon injuries, but an individual doesn't have any way of knowing if their specific injury is attributable to the medication. Probably better to read the research than to ask random people for individual experiences.

Also, I fixed your thread title to look like it was written by a grownup.

You could aqua jog, keeps legs moving but id also bike to keep up cardio

Go to an ear, nose and throat specialist. They are a lot more knowledgeable in this arena than FPs.

More than or more then? They mean different things.

I had a 3-year streak of running everyday going in high school once and got strep throat. It hampered my ability quite a bit. They PRE-scribe you ampicillin or something like that. It is very fast acting. I think I was on it for 4-5 days. I trained through it while taking the drugs and we had 1-2 meets a week so I could not sit out those.

I was in about 10:20 shape and ran one race while sick and on the drugs and split 5:20/5:45 for 11:05. One week later we had the last race of the year and I ran 5:12/5:23 for 10:35 while still sick.

I felt like in one week more I could have been back at top shape.

The anti-biotics are not a worry. They may make you feel bad, but they won't kill you.

Modern antibiotics are extremely invasive and dangerous.

Since you're already taking them, I'll just wish you good luck.

Depends on the antibiotic. I had a doctor prescribe me Cipro, which is pretty much the last thing you want to take while running. But some antibiotics are perfectly safe.

Also obviously depends how sick you are/if you should really be running.

90% chance that you'd be better off skipping the antibiotics. These are mostly prescribed by doctors as a way of getting you to think that they've 'done something'. They do absolutely nothing for virus-caused illness and these (virus-caused) represent well over 90% of respiratory infections.

Still, rest is not a bad idea when sick. I'd advise you to chill until you feel better. Forget the antibiotics (unless you are really good at getting full value out of placebos).

Call me back when you get better. If you don't get better, don't call me back.

All I can say is be patient (pun unintended!) I got bronchitis which developed into asthma which destroyed many important phases of training and races for me. Those races still haunt me. Be careful, think of your running in the longer term, just focus on getting better and healing properly before you start exercising again. Good luck!