# How do I know when antibiotic treatment succeeds?

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 3, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050 "2019-03-03T19:26:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![T-T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@T-T](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/T-T)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/1 "2019-03-03T19:26:51Z")

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I have taken 7 regular doses now, at times I get a green message about feeling a bit better after taking it, but my status effect doesnt change. Am I doing something wrong? Should I up the dosage or something?

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**Author:** ![Tazeell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tazeell/32/4576_2.png) [@Tazeell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tazeell)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/2 "2019-03-03T19:27:33Z")

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Have you given it time to take effect or are you just standing in place shooting up a whole bottle?

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**Author:** ![T-T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@T-T](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/T-T)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/3 "2019-03-03T19:33:20Z")

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The infection has been going for around 3 game days now, got lucky to find 2 bottles of antibiotics before the limb turned green and instantly took a dose, then took additional doses roughly every 12 hours, the infection has progressed to “badly infected” now. Been camping in a safe spot eating scrambled eggs and pine nuts, since I dont know if wounding the limb again would reset the process.

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**Author:** ![Tazeell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tazeell/32/4576_2.png) [@Tazeell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tazeell)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/4 "2019-03-03T19:40:05Z")

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Just hope for the best. It’s not guaranteed you’ll survive so just keep taking em regularly and hope it will eventually go away. Preferably before you die. Been a long time since I had a character actually get infected and that cleared in the first dose and many many versions ago. Wiki is a good place to check for stuff like that though.  
[https://cddawiki.chezzo.com/cdda\_wiki/index.php?title=Antibiotic](https://cddawiki.chezzo.com/cdda_wiki/index.php?title=Antibiotic)

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**Author:** ![T-T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@T-T](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/T-T)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/5 "2019-03-03T19:45:57Z")

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Yikes, looks like I’m just getting the short end of the RNG stick. I checked the wiki before posting here, but thought I’d ask here in case something had changed and I was doing it wrong. Anyways, thanks for the info!

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**Author:** ![T-T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@T-T](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/T-T)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/6 "2019-03-03T20:30:43Z")

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Finally got the recovering status. Are further antibiotics required to keep recovery or is it fine to stop dosage? I’m guessing it’s latter.

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**Author:** ![Tazeell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tazeell/32/4576_2.png) [@Tazeell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tazeell)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/7 "2019-03-03T20:32:34Z")

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Not sure but it’d be your life your risking if you stop taking it. I’d probably keep going if it were me until it’s dead all the way.

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**Author:** ![T-T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@T-T](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/T-T)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/8 "2019-03-03T20:33:30Z")

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Got it, thanks again!

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-know-when-antibiotic-treatment-succeeds/19050/9 "2019-03-03T23:57:22Z")

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It’s fine to stop once you get to “recovering.” I think boosting your health helps your odds of recovery, I had a character get all the way to “pus-filled” while I frantically downed herbal tea and protein shakes and stuff, then the antibiotics finally worked. I SO wanted to lance the infection site.