Safe Antibiotics?
#156859 - 03/04/05 05:48 AM
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BarbaraRyan
Reged: 07/12/04
Posts: 12
Loc: Sicklerville, NJ
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Hey all!
Are there any antibotics that you've used that were safe for IBS? The last one I took gave me the worse IBS attack I've had yet. I think it was Zithromax® (azithromycin), which I took for a respitory infection. When I told my family doctor (who also specializes in GI), he shook my hand and congratulated me (in a sort-joking way). He said I was the first to report that and the antibiotic was a low dose one. But the side-effects that I experienced were on the info sheet. I made him write in my chart not to give me that antibiotic.
Thanks to the bad cold/flu season, I have a sinus infection and I am scared to take any antibotic. Right now, I am drinking rose hips for Vitamin C. I am taking a homeopathic sinus relief nasal spray to help break up the congestion
Thanks!
Barbara
aka Pythia
aka Olivia O'Meir
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I don't know any tablets that are "safe" but ask your doc if you can have a topical spray or liquid. I get one for ear infections that I drip into my ears...because it doesn't go via my tummy it's fine.
Otherwise, get some probiotics, eat Sf and pray for the best!
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Dear Linz,
You are a brillant woman! I did not think of that - if needed I could just ask for something that I don't have to digest, like nose or ear drops. That makes me feel much better. Thanks!
BB,
Pythia
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I don't know any tablets that are "safe" but ask your doc if you can have a topical spray or liquid. I get one for ear infections that I drip into my ears...because it doesn't go via my tummy it's fine.
Otherwise, get some probiotics, eat Sf and pray for the best!
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That's ok!
#157176 - 03/05/05 02:03 AM
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Linz
Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 8242
Loc: England
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Thank my brilliant old GP who automatically stopped giving me antibiotic pills when IBS was first mentioned! He was lovely...wish I hadn't had to change docs.
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