Three-day course of antibiotics may be sufficient following tonsillectomy

Monday, October 19, 2009 - 17:49 in Health & Medicine

Children who receive a three-day course of antibiotics following tonsillectomy rather than a seven-day course appear to have no differences in pain or how quickly they return to a normal diet and activity level, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

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