Affect of Antibiotics
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Affect of Antibiotics
Does antibiotics affect MC? It seems that I read that somewhere but I'm not sure. I was doing pretty good until the holidays and until taking an antibiotic for a sinus infection. If the antibiotic affects or causes flareups, what is the best way to recover from that?
Antibiotics are a major cause of MC flares. The only antibiotic that frequently does not cause a flare is Ciprofloxacin (in fact, it will usually stop a flare as long as it is being taken) and some of the other fluoroquinolones, and for many of us, azithromycin (Z-Pak) is the second safest choice.
Anytime we finish an antibiotic treatment regimen, it's a very good idea to take a good high-population probiotic for at least a couple of weeks, to minimize the risk of developing C. diff in the wake of the antibiotic damage to the beneficial bacteria in the gut. Some antibiotics, (such as clindamycin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin, for example are notorious for causing a C. diff infection. You can find more information on that here.
Otherwise, the same bland diet of safe, easy-to-digest food that we would normally use during recovery should be satisfactory.
Tex
Anytime we finish an antibiotic treatment regimen, it's a very good idea to take a good high-population probiotic for at least a couple of weeks, to minimize the risk of developing C. diff in the wake of the antibiotic damage to the beneficial bacteria in the gut. Some antibiotics, (such as clindamycin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin, for example are notorious for causing a C. diff infection. You can find more information on that here.
Otherwise, the same bland diet of safe, easy-to-digest food that we would normally use during recovery should be satisfactory.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.