With skin rash .can you take penicillin ? Would that help or hurt , I have it.?

I woke up with a skin rash ,and a friend said penicillin, would make it go a way faster,I can not think of any thing that would cause it ,nothing Ive done difference .|||Depends on the rash. If it's a bacterial or yeast infection, then yes, penicillin would help. Though there are better antibiotics on the market now.





If it's allergic, dry skin, heat rash, poison ivy/oak, eczema, rosacea, or any of the hundreds of other things that cause rashes, over the counter hydrocortisone cream is the best thing for it. If the OTC cream doesn't clear it up in about 3 days, go see your doctor to get the rash cultured and see if you need a prescription.





And please never take an antibiotic unless prescribed by a physician. Taking it unsupervised or incorrectly contributes to antibiotic resistant bacteria, which can be killers.|||Is your friend a doctor? Then don`t do it. Rashes are very rarely caused by a bacterial infection.|||Unless the rash is caused by an infection antibiotics won't do a thing for it..|||no, penicillin is an antibiotic, u need antihistamine to calm your rash down|||I'm a nurse. Taking someone elses medication is never a good idea. Also you need to see a doctor to determine exactly what is wrong. Don't take any med that isn't prescribed to you. This rash could only be a reaction of something else going wrong in your body. See a doctor.|||If the antibiotics were not prescribed to you for this particular rash, then don't take them. If you still have the rash in a day or two see a DR. Think also, Have you changed soap, did you use a different type of laundry detergent? Use a different deodorant, or cologne? If any of these you answered yes to that could be your cause. Just don't take anything until it is prescribed to you.|||A good healthy bottle of Hydrocortison will do the trick. See your doctor if the rash persists beyond 14 days.|||The body can develop a tolerance for antibiotics, rendering them more ineffective over time, so I wouldn't recommend taking an antibiotic if you aren't sure that it would help cure the condition.





See a doctor about this to be sure of the course of treatment - the cause could be something as simple as an allergy, which probably wouldn't even respond to penicillin.