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Have taken antibiotics for h.pylori.when it's best for me to take the breath test to get an accurate results?

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Comp,tee your antibi: First complete the regimen of medications, then you must come off of the medicine and wait 14 days and then you do your test of cure with the urea breathe test to be sure the h pylori is gone

Answered 4/2/2016

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A member asked:

Have taken antibiotics for h.pylori.when it's best for me to take the breath test to get an accurate results?

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