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Posted 12/1/2014 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all

my doctor is starting me on Bicillin intramuscular (IM) shots because my stomach is so sensitive to the oral antibiotics. and she didn't mention probiotics. Should I be taking them the same as I would with oral antibiotics? How do I time them after the injection, or do i just take them regularly? Or does it not matter since I'm getting it as an injection?

Thanks

Posted 12/1/2014 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Sarah,

Yes you will want to take probiotics while you are on antibiotics. Even though the medicine isn't going through your gut, it is still killing of the beneficial organisms.

Ideally, you will take them two hours after each administration of the medicine. So the medicine kills off the good bacteria and then you replenish them.

Good luck!
Posted 12/1/2014 4:58 PM (GMT 0)
Thought so. Thanks!
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