Mark, I think he described both drugs (steroid and antibiotic) already.

The sting I had (lucky it was just one, probably a Texas yellow jacket) did the same thing - the doctor said the stinger had a bacteria on it that resulted in the infection a week or so after the sting. The steroid helps with the itching and they can also give an Rx cream (I've had that for poison ivy along with the steroid shot). The third episode from that stupid sting was that after the powerful antibiotics had been in my system for a while I developed a yeast infection (ask Judy, Bob, if you need more information) and had to treat that with Diflucan(sp?). All from one sting a month earlier. It was a pain in the arse, literally. I seem to recall when the infection stage was there they gave me a steroid shot along with the oral meds.

SRS