Question 1

how can probiotics update gut flora?

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Variable per person: Your question is excellent, but the response is individualized based on a patient&#x27;s goals with probiotics. GI transit time, diet, use of probiotics, co-morbidities that may require use of antibiotics or other medications that affect gut flora, as well as the underlying pathology found in the gut may all alter benefit. Typically your &quot;back to normal&quot; in 3-4 days w/lots of probiotics to choose from.

Question 2

will taking dulcolax kill gut flora?

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No.: it will have no effect on the gut flora.  The go flora is usually affected mostly  by antibiotics.  Good luck.

Question 3

will taking probiotic acidofilus with amoxicillin clavulate help to maintain gut flora?

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Helps to some extent: Try taking other probiotics, such as Florastor.  Eat yogurt.

Question 4

can taking probiotics prevent clostridium difficile infections?

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Yes.: Studies have shown that probiotics can prevent c.Diff infections and other antibiotic associated complications like diarrhea.  Best way to prevent c.Diff infections is good hand washing if you visit a hospital or nursing home.  Also by not taking antibiotics for viral illnesses like bronchitis and sinusitis.  You increase your risk of c. Diff when you take abx for things like these.

Question 5

will 100 billion icus  probiotics help bacterial vaginitis?

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Unclear: Although there is a good theory that probiotics may help recurrent cases of bacterial vaginosis studies on probiotics in general have shown limited results.

Question 6

green bacteria infections?

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Green?: You may be referring to the pigment produced by pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Question 7

does oil of oregano destroy healthy bacteria probiotics?

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No info: There is no info on the effect of oregano oil on probiotics but intuitively one would think not. If you are concerned about potential effect then it would make sense to temporally separate the two products by taking each well away from the other.

Question 8

can t drink cranberry juice with vancomycin, nystatin, fluconazole, omeprazole, align probiotic?

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Cranberry juice: ONLY WARFARIN SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN WITH CRANBERRY JUICE. NO KNOWN INTERACTION WITH OTHERS.
WARFARIN IS THE GENERIC NAME FOR COUMADIN, (warfarin) JANTOVEN AND OTHERS.

Question 9

does the "beneficial bacteria" in yogurt kill candida albicans in gut and vagina?

Accepted Answer

No: Lactobacillus species are in cultured unpasteurized yogurt.  In your gut you have hundreds or thousands of different organisms all in competition with each other, including candida.  When the relative numbers of these are disturbed the candida can be there in greater number & more likely to produce infection elsewhere.  The lactobacilli may, by competition, decrease the number of candida.

Question 10

does the "beneficial bacteria" in yogurt kill candida albicans overgrowth in your intestinal tract?

Accepted Answer

Candidal overgrowth: This urban myth has not been scientifically proven, but it has not been disproved.  The "balance" between bacterial flora and yeast cells in the intestinal tract (colon) is generally regulated by what you eat.  If you choose to add unpasteurized yogurt to your diet it may well change the character of your stools, since it contains lactobacilli.  Same available as a probiotic for oral use.

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