Reged: 12/13/04
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
It seems to me that the question is whether you still have SIBO or the antibiotics got rid of it. If the antibiotics got rid of it, then you don't have to consider SIBO in figuring out what is causing your symptoms. If the antibiotics didn't get rid of it and you still have it, then two things:
First, I'd talk with my doctor about whether we should try a second round of antibiotics to try to get rid of it.
Second, if the doctor doesn't want to do a second round of antibiotics, I'd focus on taking probiotics in hopes the good bacteria will drive out the bad. By this I mean a really good probiotic with lots of strains.
Forgive me if I have you confused with someone else on the Boards, but I think I remember someone posting that he had started treatment for SIBO but had taken the antibiotics incorrectly or skipped a day or something. If that was you and your doctor finds out you still have SIBO, you should explain you didn't take the first round of antibiotics as you were supposed to. That might explain why the first round didn't work.
HTH.
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