My rat is on his 4th week, and has since been on his first week of m-drol only 20mg. He just started getting the white spots in the throat, inflamed kidneys, headaches, etc... definitely bacterial in nature. My rat doesn't have insurance, so he decided to just go with a broad spectrum antibiotic called tetracycline most commonly found at pet stores. Dosage checked.
Should he:
A.) Stop cycle immediately and start PCT with nolva/clomid and use antibiotic with a course of pre/probiotics, vitamin C, and anti-cortisol?
B.) Continue with cycle (last week) and run anti-b's with pre/pro, and vit-c, try to tough it out, work out at home until non-contagious.
Just to clarify a few things here: Just because you have evinced peritonsilar exudate (white spots on the tonsils) does not necessarily support or imply a bacterial etiology of infection. This is a common myth that just isn't true. Viral pharyngitis (sore throat) can cause this to occur as well.
The vast majority of pharyngitis-related issues in adults is viral in nature; in other words, no antibiotics are needed and the effects are self-limiting. Do you have a fever? Strep throat is typically (not always) accompanied by fever. My advice here would be to give it a day or two. If it isn't resolving on its own, get in to see your PMD or walk-in clinic so they can test for strep and obtain a throat culture.
Self prescribing antibiotics is not a good idea; especially since they're often not indicated for treatment. It's issues like these that contribute to an already evolving bacterial resistance problem in this country; not to mention you can harm yourself as well. Please let a qualified healthcare professional make the recommendations based on their clinical findings and indicated treatment modality in these situations.
Will tetracycline cover strep throat? Yes, but there are much cheaper, safer, and more effective narrow-spectrum antibiotics (which contribute less to antibiotic resistance development) that can be selected. Tetracycline is a fairly old antibiotic that has some rather bad side effects.
I understand you don't have insurance, but your health is one area that should never spare expense. Please don't take this as me being negative here with your post, because that's not the intent at all. I speak from my own knowledge and experience in medicine and I want to see the safest possible positive outcome for you here.
As far as your cycle goes, that's your call, but since you're already at the end I'd probably cut it short and rest. Good luck my man and be safe.
-John