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A member asked:

A family member is taking vancomycin for c. diff. is there any contraindication of taking probiotics during the antibiotic course (taken hours apart).

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Choose carefully...: Most probiotics would not survive the antibiotics designed to kill c.Difficile. On the other hand, sacchromyces boulardis (florastor, ; other brands) may prove helpful as an adjunct to therapy ; it will resist most anti-bacterial drugs.

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Answered 3/6/2014

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