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I am on antibiotics and i have diarhea. is that normal?

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Dr. Cornelius Oleary answered

Specializes in Urgent Care

Call MD: AAD or Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea is a common occurrence. Take yogurt/probiotic, contact your prescribing MD immediately. If high fevers and yellow diarrhea develop a condition called C. Difficile Enterocolitis may be present, and is a dangerous condition ironically treated first with another antibiotic by mouth. Call MD ASAP.

Answered 9/6/2016

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Dr. Shirley Zelikovsky answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Sometimes : Certain antibiotics will kill healthy intestinal bacteria, which leads to diarrhea. One way to try and offset the imbalance is by taking a probiotic supplement while on antibiotics as well as there after. That replenishes the healthy bacteria that coexist in the gut.

Answered 9/6/2016

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