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Any tips for dealing with antibiotic-associated diarrhea?
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Probiotics: Yes you can help preventing it taking probiotocs during antibiotic therapy and few weeks afterwards. I like align or florastror you ca get them otc.
Answered 8/24/2013
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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 is otc probiotic that may help suppress c.Diff, but if sick get treated.
Answered 12/9/2013
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