can you take probiotics with antibiotics?

Question

How long do I take a probiotic for antibiotics, a few days beyond the antibiotics?

Answer 1

Absolutely: 19 year old lady with a question about taking probiotics during a course of oral antibiotics. You can take probiotics during your antibiotic therapy. The probiotic will not stop the antibiotic from being absorbed and doing its job. In addition, probiotics are beneficial in reestablishing the balance that may or may not be disturbed by the antibiotics. I recommend taking the probiotic 1 hr after.

Answer 2

Yes: It depends on what you are comparing it to.....Driving your car is riskier than eating meat from animals given antibiotics. However if you have the ability and the money to purchase meat from animals that were not given antibiotics and were fed appropriate food then i would say you should.

Answer 3

Organic is better: The antibiotics will collect in the meat of the animal and affect the human who eats it. The antibiotics then throw off the balance in the gut and immune system of the human. Thus it would be better not to eat from an animal fed antibiotics.

Answer 4

Yes: Allergic reactions to antibiotics, ie hives can last up to two weeks after stopping the medication. Antibiotic induced diarrhea can improve soon after discontinuing the antibiotics or linger. There are other nonspecific rashes that are not an allergy but an interaction between the antibiotic and a virus that can last for days. Behavioral reactions to colorings or flavors abate qickly.

Answer 5

No: Most children who use antibiotics do not get any reaction. Kids who do get reactions may get rashes, nausea, diarrhea, or vomiting (other reactions are uncommon). Reactions usually go away shortly after the antibiotic is stopped. Any child who has some sort of "strange" reaction should be evaluated by a doctor.

Answer 6

Yes or no depends: What does this reaction look like and feel like. Was he in the sun has he had drug allergies why was he taking antibiotics there are a number of severe reactions that can occur as well as mild relatively harmless ones due to a lack of information play it on the cautious side and have a doctor take a look.

Answer 7

Maybe: It is unclear what you mean by "strange reaction." antibiotics mess with the bacteria that live in everyone's guts. These bacteria are part of both the immune system and the digestive system. Changing these can result in changes in digestion and immunity. Problems like these, and maybe your son's problem, can be prevented and/or improved greatly by daily probiotic supplements and foods.

Answer 8

Fluroquinols: Ciprofloxicine, doxycycline, erythromycine can be used in early stages of disease.

Answer 9

Prevention: Best prevention for inhalation is to do just that don't inhale (insert bill clinton jokes here).

Answer 10

Prevent- vaccination: Biothrax is an acellular anthrax vaccine which is used in the United States for prevention of anthrax.

Answer 11

Side effects are: still possible but use of probiotics can reduce risk of thrush. Take care.

Answer 12

The probiotic dose: and duration of treatment isn't known for sure. However, if you use a probiotic, you should start it at the same time as you start the antibiotic. Probiotic species like Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium & Sarcomycetes are perfectly safe to ingest as long as you have a healthy immune system. We just don't know if they're effective in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea.

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