Do you really want to argue with a nurse, and a pharmacist in training? I agree that there is a 100 percent kill rate if there isn't amputation, but it's been long documented that fever is good for the body-it helps to make an inhospitable environment for infections. I imagine that if that's suppressed, the bites infection could easily spread quicker. I meant to discuss it, and thought I had but my mind is only now getting back on track from exams. But I can change it if you wish. I do not mind at all. Sometimes I forget that I shouldn't do things like that without asking