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My dog has bronchitis. Are antibiotics and other meds enough for recovery?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Bulldog | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 10 months old

Hi. My dog has bronchitis on the lungs. I went to the vet and he gave him some medicines for bronchitis and antibiotic. Is this enough?

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Answered By Angel Alvarado, LVT

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Published on February 23rd, 2017

If the bronchitis is secondary to infection, then the antibiotics should resolve the infection. Once the infection is resolved, the inflammation should resolve as well. The "other medicines" may be anti inflammatory meds and possibly cough meds which will help relieve symptoms.

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