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I am on augmentim for 10 days for a sinus infection and have had diarrhea, is it ok to take imodium (loperamide) while on this antibiotic?
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C.difficile needs Rx: C.difficile is pathogenic in older children & adults (whose colonic microflora are altered by antibiotics, chemotherapy, salmonella/shigella). C.diff causes pseudomembranous & other colitis, complicates inflammatory bowel disease, causes fulminant transmural extension, perforation with peritonitis, toxic megacolon. Florastor may help as probiotic, but a prescription therapy may be needed. Get eval
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