thanks for your advice..no, i am not ill. i just wanted to start detoxing and the gods in thier infinite wisdom & very strange humors have decided to give me one more thing from which to detox! yes i'm gonna take the horse pills(augmentin)...i have not taken Antibiotics for at least 20 yrs. so i guess i can take a little abuse...we'll start flushing in a few weeks. until then...beet juice & milk thistle i guess...thank you so much but the cut is just too deep (to the bone) to take any chances & my immune system is pretty strong so i'm thinking i can handle a little drug abuse...i'm so annoyed!...thanks again