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Clarithromycin and metronidazole making it difficult for me to breathe? being treated for h.pylori. doctor says lungs are clear as a whistle.

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More testing: You may need to consider that the antibiotics you are taking is possibly causing an unwanted side effect. If this doesn't help - further testing may be need such as functional breathing tests and further imaging tests such as a ct scan of the chest.

Answered 4/4/2013

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My doctor prescribed 1000 mg Clarithromycin once a day in addition to Amoxicillin. Whereas drugs.com says that for H Pylori Clarithromycin should be taken 500 mg every 12 hours. Which one is better 1000 mg once a day or 500 mg every 12 hours?

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I saw the doctor and he gave me these medications. I am going back tomorrow with a stool sample. I don't know why he did not do a breath test for H Pylori. Why do I have burning in the chest, left armpit and burning pain down the left arm?

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H pylori gastritis did 3 treatments so far all with amoxicillin and clarithromycin, metronizadole and third with tetracycline. Why am not cured yet?

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Why am I being told to discontinue my metronidazole and omeprazole 2 weeks prior to an helicobacter pylori breath test? What can oftentimes happen if I don't discontinue their use? How do these drugs interfere with testing? Very curious!

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