Bronchitis and strep throat, help mee please?

i'm 18 years old and i went to the hostpital on sat 1/5/08 and a physican said i had bronchitis (acute)-adult and strep throat- adult. they gave me these pills called azithromycin and they told me to take some tythenal and drink a lot of water and ive been doing all of that but the physician told me i should be better by monday but its sunday now and i feel horrible, nothing i do takes away the pain i have in my throat i woke up at 3:30 this morning b/c i was in so much pain, and all i did was had a glass of water and took some tythenal and have a cough drop. the night before i woke up at 5 am and did the same thing. but i'm jw if any of you know anything else i can do to get better. i was suppost to work tomarrow but i had to call in sick so i really need to get better i cant afford to miss any more work so plz help me if you can.

I don't know about bronchitis but I have had strep a lot! There isn't much you can do about it but rest, drink plenty of fluids and make sure you are taking your medication. Chicken soup and orange juice can help and drink as much water as possible! Sometimes taking a hot bath can help you feel better.

Hope you feel better soon!!

They should have given you an injection of antibiotics and then the pills as that would've worked a bit faster. My doctor told me when i had strep to mix an adult dose of liquid benadryl with equal amount of mylanta and take that every four hours till i felt better. The mylanta numbs your throat and the benadryl helps with the swelling. It actually works very well. As for the bronchitis, i took mucinex 1200 mg twice a day for a week and then 800 mg twice a day for two weeks and that cleared out a lot of the mucus. (got rid of the headaches from constant sinus pressure too!) It should be safe to take any of these with azithromycin also but you can check with a pharmacist also. For work, don't rush back too soon and I know that is hard when you need the hours but it will make you sicker believe me. It can take a month to get over bronchitis and with strep on top of that u need to rest as much as possible! U can wind up in hospital with pneumonia if you push yourself too hard! Good luck and let me know if it helps!