antibiotics

[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.

[crazybikinchic]

Mycelex Troche, Clotrimazole (generic), is another antibiotic for thrush. It is an orally dissintigrating tablet.

[OakLeaf]

Nystatin. That's what shelly was thinking of. It's very safe.

+1 on the probiotics. If you're going to the expense of supplements, get the kind that are kept in the store's fridge, and have an enteric capsule. Otherwise you may as well just eat yogurt.

[KnottedYet]

A friend's baby had thrush, and the pediatrician told them to put a dab of plain yogurt in her mouth (the kind with no pectin or other fillers, just milk and bacteria) every hour or so. I got the impression they were trying to keep her mouth yogurt-y so the bacters could jump on the thrush on-site.

[Bruno28]

I've had oral thrush a few times thanks to steriod treatment for Crohn's. In my experience it's a persistent little bugger of an infection that makes you really miserable so I sympathise.

I found nystatin the most effective treatment. It comes in pastile form which taste of aniseed and made me want to hurl. My preference was for liquid drops which, if I recall taste, of marzipan. Obviously not so good if you don't like marzipan A short course of those seemed to do the trick for me.

Good luck.

[solobiker]

Thanks for the good advice. I was on Nystatin for about a week a few weeks ago and it really didn't do too much. Right now I am cutting back on sugars, eating yogurt and taking acidophilus. Once again thanks for all of your advice.