Dear list: Upset!!! Stuck with dangerous antiobioitic for strep

[Guest guest]

I'm stuck with amoxicillin for my son's strep throat. My doctor is

away and his partner will not even consider a safer antiobitic.

I have to treat the strep...

I hope I don't undo all the progress made.

Cathy

[Guest guest]

Are you using SCD yogurt? If so, I would keep it flowing during this course of

amoxicillin .... and then REALLY boost the yogurt up, if you can, AFTER he's all

done taking it.

I sure wish there was a better approach for strep. They only have to treat it

because in a very TINY percentage of cases, it can turn into rheumatic fever, or

in an even smaller number, systemic strep infections (in the blood), and other

things.

Most people would get over strep throat without the antibiotics, but you can't

take the risk of these other infections..... even though the chances of it

going that direction are miniscule.

Don't worry, Cathy, just keep the yogurt flowing. If you can't or don't use

yogurt yet, you've gotta keep an acidophilus supplement going in place of it.

Patti

Dear list: Upset!!! Stuck with dangerous antiobioitic

for strep

I'm stuck with amoxicillin for my son's strep throat. My doctor is

away and his partner will not even consider a safer antiobitic.

I have to treat the strep...

I hope I don't undo all the progress made.

Cathy

[Guest guest]

Hi Cathy,

> I'm stuck with amoxicillin for my son's strep throat. My doctor is

> away and his partner will not even consider a safer antiobitic.

> I have to treat the strep...

> I hope I don't undo all the progress made.

>

Can you go to anyone else for a second opinion? I had strep in the

spring and I ended up in serious trouble. My doctor was away and

the doc filling in said I *had* to have the antibiotics to prevent

complications. A couple of months later I was speaking to a friend

who's a family doctor and she said that in her opinion I probably

did not need the antibiotics because by the time the throat swab

confirmed strep most of the symptoms were gone and at that point

complications from strep were extremely unlikely. She understood

though that there was a very great likelihood that antibiotics would

set off a flare - which it did. She feels that antibiotics are

still being over prescribed unnecessarily.

If you are unable to get a different antibiotic or do take a

different one consider taking Saccharomyces boulardii at the same

time as the antibiotic. Since it is a good yeast it may prevent a

set back by preventing harmful microbes to overgrow. The antibiotic

will not harm the S. boulardii. You can also take either a

probiotic and/or yogurt between doses of the antibiotic.

If you want to write me off list about this can contact me at

sheilat@...

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

Thanks Patti,

Will up the probiotic. He won't eat much yogurt.

At least I talked the Doc into a capsule...hopefully there is no

starch inside it.

I'm less upset now.

Kind Regards Always,

Cathy

Mom To 9, 6(celiac)

>SCD Aug1

[Guest guest]

Cathy, Next time tell the doctor he is allergic to it or that you give it

to him and it makes him throw up. They will then give you a different one.

Robin

Dear list: Upset!!! Stuck with dangerous antiobioitic

for strep

I'm stuck with amoxicillin for my son's strep throat. My doctor is

away and his partner will not even consider a safer antiobitic.

I have to treat the strep...

I hope I don't undo all the progress made.

Cathy