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Just finished my antibiotics yesterday.. i read a few articles that i should hold off on using probiotics because it will delay gut recovery. when can i take probiotics again?

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Reading where ?: Probiotics are simply strains of gut bacteria that are not harmful to humans. If anything they speed up the re-establishment of a good balance of gut germs after antibiotics kill off some good ones. I would consider whoever wrote such ideas misinformed.

Answered 2/25/2020

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