Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | I just don't have much info here...

Dr. Pimental at Cedars-Sinai did a clinical study sometime around 2000 that seemed to show antibiotics dramatically reduced IBS symptoms in folks. For most of them, though, symptoms returned after a few months. And other researchers had problems with the design and control of the study, and wanted to see the results duplicated. I don't think any other studies have been done to back this up.

I've heard from a few other people who had really great results like this from antibiotic treatment. Some folks also say that anti-fungals have really helped them, but there is pretty clear evidence at this point that IBS does not have any candida connection - they've looked for this for a long time, and simply never found it. So...I honestly don't know what to say. Maybe there are bacterial or fungal problems that mimic IBS, or that cause IBS in some but not all folks, or that co-exist with IBS in other people. I really don't know.

- Heather

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