Abx dosage

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I have posted a million times last few days. My son started acting strange last Monday. Thursday I found out strep was in his school. His grade but not his class. Went to ped for culture. I assume it was negative. Haven't gotten that answered yet! But he wrote me a rx in case and I went ahead and started it anyway. I thought it could be somewhere other than the throat.

 

So right now he is on 500 mg Augmentin 2x per day. Oh and he is small. This is a treatment dose and then we will roll back into Dr L's rx of preventative strength 250 mg 2x per day. We were not on that before. Shame on me!

 

My question... 500 rx is for 10 days. He is not in full blown exacerbation but still seems a little off to me. Should I call Dr L to get the 500 extended for longer or would 10 days and then maintenence be enough?

 

We have always been behind the exacerbation so this is new for me to be dealing with rx during the symptoms.

 

Thanks for any info.