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Antibiotics - what my doctor wants to do
      08/07/08 10:23 AM
DianeM

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Loc: Kentucky

My doctor has suggested putting me on a regimen of antibiotics, about a week's worth of Cipro every other month. We talked about how well I felt and about my normal BMs when I was taking Cipro earlier this year for a bladder infection. I felt completely normal.

Well, my doctor suffers from Crohns Disease and says he has been taking Cipro for years. When I asked about the long-term effects of taking an antibiotic, he said he doesn't know what, if any, long-term effects it will have on him, but that he wants to feel well today and he won't stop taking something that is helping him because of something that may never happen.

I've read comments on this board before about the dangers of taking antibiotics. Could someone please explain why taking antibiotics is such a harmful thing?

Also, this is my third GI doctor, and the only one who's been able to help me so far.

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