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Can you take immodium while taking antibiotic for UTI

A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Leander Po
Infectious Disease 20 years experience
Call covering doc: Having a C diff history increases your risk of a recurrent C diff infection. If you are on Ceftin (cefuroxime) and experiencing similar C diff diarr... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakir
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Try probiotics: I'm not sure what you had taken antibiotics for but try Align / Culturelle or generic version of these to help with antibiotic-associated diarrhea. If... Read More
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Dr. Charles Turck
Pharmacology 19 years experience
No: Diarrhea after antibiotics is common. It should go away by itself in 2 days. If it lasts beyond 3 days with severe abdominal pain or at any point you ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Bennett
32 years experience
ANTIBIOTICS: If the reason for changing is the culture sensitivities then stop the old and start the new. Ask if not sure.
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A male asked:
Dr. Edward Workman
Specializes in Pain Management
No interaction: There are no known interactions between glutathione and any antibiotic that would be used to treat UTIs. So you can take them together with no worrie... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Inaam Schneider
Internal Medicine 46 years experience
UTI: The symptoms of UTI such as frequency & urgency should go away with in the first couple of doses if you were given the correct antibiotic .Assumi... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sergio Casillas-Romero
Specializes in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Be careful: In general we don't recommend it. But if the diarrhea is significant and frequent, a low dose of 1 tab tid may help and be safe.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Deborah Ungerleider
Pediatrics 38 years experience
24-48 hours: It usually takes 24-48 for an antibiotic to start to resolve the symptoms of a urinary tract infection. You should take the antibiotic for the full co... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Jack Rubin
Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Antibiotic: To be sure of which antibiotic (A) to take, you need to have your urine cultured. This will tell you the bacterium that is causing your UTI and antib... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gregory Lewis
Urology 46 years experience
Thanks for asking!: If truly a simple, uncomplicated UTI (females)and have been placed on the appropriate antibiotic, 1-3 days of antibiotic will usually kill the bacteri... Read More
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