Do antibiotics give you trouble like diarrhea?

wow, do I ever. I go about 2-6 times a day, when I have to take anti-biotics. I get the worst d. uncontrollable. about 2 months ago i had food stuck in my throat, er endoscopy to get food. then they gave me anti-biotic in case food got spoiled down in my throat. when I got home at 10 I went to bed, took sleeping pill, ended up without knowing, big d in bed, while I was sleeping, that was a nightmare,it went thru sheet into mattress, any anti does it, but not as bad as the shot they gave me

Yep at the very least eat alot of yogert.

YES they do!! I CANNOT take Azithromycin at all. Get D everytime. I won't even try it. Just a few weeks ago I also had an upper resp infection and got a shot of Rocephin and Cipro. Ended up with C-diff so I just finished Flagyl for that. I think that was from the Rocephin. My GI said a good shot was Genomycin (sp?) and my reg doc said Lincmycin (sp) may have been a better choice. I am very limited and actually terrified of anitbiotics. Good Luck!!

Yes, I have horrible trouble too.

Perhaps you could ring your pharmacist and ask for advice about a lactose-free probiotic. That might be quicker than waiting for a response here; more reliable, too, as your pharmacist will know what's in stock locally.

I usually suffer with more constipation than diarrhea and can tell some antibiotics such as Cipro and Flagyl not only give me diarrhea, but also make me really nauseous. I take Primadolphilis Fortify by Natures Way. You should always take a good probiotic at least 2 hours after your last antibiotic each day. Keeps the bacteria fields more level. Hugs!

the only anti that was decent for me was the 5 day deal, that is good for 10 days. my gi prescribed that, because I think he knew that about me, just the 5th day I got d. but isn't only that I get gas that is wet gas, so I can't evan fart without fear of crapping in my clothes. just another anxiety thing to worry about. I'm already frozen with panic attacks, had one last night, that I almost started screaming, I got so scarred, and I don't evan know if talking about helps, it seems to make me more nervous. I think I need to hit lottery, maybe that will buy me sanity.

Hey everyone, first let me say what a Godsend this forum has been for me. I have been "lurking" here for the last several months, but I think this is my first post.

The big D and Flagyl seem to go hand in hand.  Right now where I am at is making the decision to get off the Flagyl or try and stick it out with possibly the help of a good Probiotic.  I probably should mention the antiobiotics probably were prescribed because I had surgery for abscess 3 weeks ago and it looks like my WBC is still high and CT scan still shows "pocket of infection" I must attribute the uncontrollable D to the Flagyl, as I recently had a brief respite from it where my D all but disappeared - only to return after restarting the Flagyl! Twice in the past several days I have not been able to make it to the bathroom in time - uggggh!.  As I am sure most of you can relate to this,  having IBD we are all used to that urgency, but it seems like with the Flagyl D there is "zero warning" as someone mentioned on this thread.  I am going to give those probiotics a try I think before I throw in the towel.  Also maybe put in a call to my GI and see what they say about this side effect. Thanks you guys for the valuable info.

Peace and Healing to all

- 42 yoa female

- Diagnosed 2000 with Crohn's, amended to UC in 2006, now back to Crohn's

- Perinanal abscess 3/11

Current Meds: Cipro 500MG 2x Day, Flagyl 500MG 3x Day, Imuran 50MG 1x day, Asacol 400MG 3X day,

Neomycin HC, Nexium, Percoset PRN, Fish Oil, Vit. D3, Wellbutrin 10MG

Past meds: Prednisone, Canasa

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