bacterial infection
"This medicine really did help me. Very effective. Side effects were minimal - occasional, very slight nausea or stomach upset.



The downsides:  (1) Pills are difficult to take:  they are uncoated, stick to your tongue/throat, disintegrate quickly, and taste so indescribably toxic and foul.  I could only get them down by breaking them in two and coating them in syrup or honey, then psyching myself up -- and I'm pretty good with pills.  (2) No alcohol.  Not that it's so important, but this was a drag.



I was sorely tempted to stop after I felt well again, but it is so important to take the whole course.  I felt much better after 24 hours, but not totally recovered until near the end.  Stick with it, it's unpleasant but it works."