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Taking lomotil (diphenoxylat and atropine) for diarrhea dr gave me a script for flagyl to use if still had diarrhea stools r still soft but not liquid sould i take the flagyl?
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Metronidazole: Not without a specific diagnosis. The question will be whether you may have giardia lamblia infection, treatable with Metronidazole (flagyl), or something else, like c. Difficile colitis, etc. You need to be carefully evaluated and not treated blindly. Good luck.
Answered 11/9/2014
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