antibiotics

[makbike]

No need to apologize for you are miserable. Visit your local pharmacy and purchase a bottle of Acidophilus tablets or Lactobactius (sp). You simply need a probiotic to reculture your GI tract. I take acidophilus on a daily basis but when I have to take antibiotics I increase my daily dose for I know what can happen. I hope this helps and you start to feel better ASAP.

[Zen]

Yogurt.

[light_sabe_r]

zen and makbike are 100% right! Yoghurt! Anything with Acidophillis or Bifidus or Lactobacillus is going to help restore the balance. Ease off the fat intake while you're rebuilding your natural flora. Yakult is a pretty damn good product if you have that over there.

Or get down to a homeopath or health food/alternate store (don't know what you call them in the USA, We can get it from the chemist here) and get some probiotic supplements. I'm a fan of Inner Health Plus and use it when I feel I need a good kick in the pants.

[short cut sally]

There is a medicated mouth rinse that is made for thrush..can't think of the name..i just remember "swish and swallow" for pts. with thrush.

[solobiker]

Thanks for your input. I actually have been taking acidophilus and also eating yougurt. From my other research I found out taking the supplement goldenseal could help. I have been trying this out for about 2 weeks without any success. I was on the medication Nystatin for a little while which didn't do much. Thanks again and wish me luck to get rid of this, it really isn't very much fun and it all started with going on a simple bike ride and getting stung by something, ugh

[Mr. Bloom]

It still ceases to amaze me how physicians don't advise patients about the need for yogurt, acidophilus, kefir, etc when on antibiotics.

I hope you feel better soon! I hate the effect that antibiotics have on me!

[makbike]

When I'm on antibiotics I double my dose of acidophilus. I take a normal dose in the morning and another dose with dinner. I figure the antibiotics are killing off a lot of my good flora so extra doses can't hurt me.

When this first happened to me years ago and my doctor finally figured out what was going on she told me yogurt did not have enough good bacteria in to reculture my gut. Thus she suggested I visit the local health food store for acidophilus and suggested I increase the normal dose until things calmed down in my gut (it took just a few days). I hope you have similar speedy results.