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My wife who gets frequent throat and sinus infections, cannot take oral antibiotics. They all make her extremely nauseous. She and her doctor have accepted the fact that a shot of Rocephin is her only course. Although she does not like it, a few times a year she (after hemming and hawing for a few days) usually gives in and goes for the Rocpehin shot. Believe me she is a trooper, she is not a baby about shots and gets birth control and B12 shots regularly. She tells me the Rocephin is not pleasant. Anyway I would like to get an opinion from this group of nurses based on a very recent experience my wife had at the doctors. She was experienceing another sore throat and decided she should just go and get a shot. No fever or anything else. I drove her there and we discovered that her regular doc was out and there was a covering doc in the office. He agreed to the shot and few minutes later a nurse (MA?) came in. She said the doctor ordered two shots. My wife was not happy but assumed the position. When I looked at the needles they were huge, I said is that Rocephin? She said no, the doctor ordered bicillin. Now my wife is very skinny and the sight of these huge syringes made me nervous. As she injected the stuff my wife actually begged her to remove it and was crying I have never seen her cry during a shot). After tears and near begging to leave, she finally consented to receiving the second shot. She was not pleased! On the way home she started shivering and shaking, she said she was cold and nauseous (despite being wrapped in three wool sweaters), by the time we got home she was vomiting severly. We returned to the doctor and she received another shot for vomiting and given a suppository. She went home and slept but later woke with the same symptoms. We went to a "doc-in-the-box" where she unwillingly received three more shots including a steroid, benadryl, and more nausea meds. Her tiny bottom now had six band-aids on it! Her sore throat was unchanged and she practically limped out of there. Someone she knew was sitting in the waiting room and asked her how she got hurt (thinking she sprained her ankle). The next morning she returned to her regular doctor (who was back in the office) and without asking any questions proceeded to administer a Rocephin shot! We can't believe she had seven shots in 24 hours. This whole thing was a nightmare. Our questions??? How many shots can be given in a short period of time like that? Is there a limit? Why give rocephin when she already had biccillin in her? How do you decide what size needle to use? The biccilin needles were very long (she is very skinny). I am only guessing but the bicillin looked like a lot of medicine compared to the other stuff she received. How much could they give in one shot? Is it based on the size of the person? It is 3 days and her sore throat is gone but she is still limping and says her bottom is very sore. When will this go away? Thanks for your anticipated input.