Re: Advice on taking antibiotic

[Guest guest]

Antibiotics and antifungals kill off the beneficial microorganisms along with the bad. So it's wise to take probiotics more frequently while you taking antibiotics, and for a short while after you've finished the course. But you need to time the probiotics so you can get some benefit from them and prevent major disruption to your gut ecology.

It's best to take your probiotics, whether supplement or yogurt, 2 to 3 hours following your dose of antibiotics, and, hopefully, 2 hours before your next antibiotic dose. Sometimes it gets tricky depending on how frequently you need the antibiotics, so the more critical time period is waiting 2 to 3 hours after your dose of antiobiotics before taking the probiotic.

I also take extra probiotics for a week or so after I've finished the antibiotics course.

It's also wise to adjust your food choices during and for a few weeks after your round of antibiotics, to prevent your candida/yeast levels from surging and causing problems. You might want to cut back (or avoid completely) those foods that feed candida. These foods are, simply-speaking: starches, sugars, molds, and fermented. In SCD food terms, these would be high-carb veggies & legumes; fruits, honey; cheese and mushrooms; vinegar and wine. You can still eat some of these candida trigger foods, but just might not have them as often for a few weeks.

These are the strategies I use when I'm on antibiotics, and it works well for my gut ecology.

Kim M.

SCD 5 years

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......Does anybody have any advice or wisdom to share on how to avoid harmfull effects from the antibiotic?Thank you so much.HannahIBS-DSCD 08-08

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Thank you!

Hannah

At 06:16 AM 10/11/2008, you wrote:

Antibiotics and

antifungals kill off the beneficial microorganisms along with the

bad. So it's wise to take probiotics more frequently while you

taking antibiotics, and for a short while after you've finished the

course. But you need to time the probiotics so you can get some

benefit from them and prevent major disruption to your gut ecology.

It's best to take your probiotics, whether supplement or

yogurt, 2 to 3 hours following your dose of antibiotics, and, hopefully,

2 hours before your next antibiotic dose. Sometimes it gets tricky

depending on how frequently you need the antibiotics, so the more

critical time period is waiting 2 to 3 hours after your dose of

antiobiotics before taking the probiotic.

I also take extra probiotics for a week or so after I've

finished the antibiotics course.

It's also wise to adjust your food choices during and for a

few weeks after your round of antibiotics, to prevent your candida/yeast

levels from surging and causing problems. You might want to cut

back (or avoid completely) those foods that feed candida. These

foods are, simply-speaking: starches, sugars, molds, and

fermented. In SCD food terms, these would be high-carb veggies

& legumes; fruits, honey; cheese and mushrooms; vinegar and

wine. You can still eat some of these candida trigger foods, but

just might not have them as often for a few weeks.

These are the strategies I use when I'm on antibiotics, and

it works well for my gut ecology.

Kim M.

SCD 5 years