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Posted 8/25/2010 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
Hi all:

I'm on my first course of antibiotics since being dx a year ago.  I'm on Microbid for an urinary tract infection.  I'm hoping it doesn't make my UC go haywire!  So I'm halfway through the 8 days I'm supposed to take them and so far so good but just wondering, when should I consider myself safe from bad effects from them?  Like if I can make it all the way through them (Friday will be my last day) and then a couple days to get them out of my system and all stays well should that be ok?  Or could it take a couple weeks?

Thanks!!

Posted 8/25/2010 2:20 AM (GMT 0)
Hi..do double the UFCC at least for 2 weeks or purchase the Primadophilus Reuteri caps and 1 in conjunction with the one UFCC you're alreading taking. They also help with bladder infection and yeast infection I believe.

Since you're taking probiotics already, it's probably what's helping possible gastro symptoms.

plus, you're on UC meds which I think will help.

Are you feeling better, however?

q
Posted 8/25/2010 2:26 AM (GMT 0)
Macrobid concentrates in the urinary tract, so hopefully it will not affect your UC too much. It's not been a bad one for me, like other antibiotics. I agree, up the probiotics and try to time them where you stagger antibiotics and probiotics so they have a chance.

I think by the end of the week you'd notice symptoms if they're coming....
Posted 8/25/2010 2:30 AM (GMT 0)
Hey quincy,

Yes, I am feeling better UTI wise, thanks.  I wasn't having really bad symptoms so I was trying to see if it would go away with tons of water and cranberry juice but it just wasn't.  I can tell it has helped so I suppose I need the antibiotic.

I actually added in Align with the UFCC (it was one of the best I could find locally at short notice, the Vitamin Shoppe where I get my stronger probiotics is an hour away!)

So after a week or so after I finish the course I should be in the clear you think?

Posted 8/25/2010 2:33 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks luv2ride too...I didn't see your post before.

Yeah, I asked the doc for an antibotic that would be nicer to my gut than some and he recommended this one.

HOpefully all will stay well, I'm just nervous!

Posted 8/25/2010 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
How often do you take the macrobid?

Take the probiotics at night before bedtime 2 hours after any meds.
q
Posted 8/25/2010 2:52 AM (GMT 0)
I am a former C-Differ so you aren't gonna like this answer, but the safe zone for C-Diff is 3 months after abx. I got C-Diff 2 months after my last abx. It's no fun worrying, but Macrobid is a safer abx in regards to C-Diff, many have taken it multiple times after their C-Diff was over and never got it again.
Posted 8/25/2010 4:12 AM (GMT 0)
I heard 2 months. But I really don't believe in a cutoff date. Antibiotics kill bacteria in the colon. The colon is weaker if certain strains are missing, and thus it will be easier to go into a flare.
Posted 8/25/2010 11:35 AM (GMT 0)
3 months?  yikes!  Well, I suppose I'll just have to see what happens.

I take the Microbid twice a day with a meal, so breakfast and dinner.  Then I take my probiotics before bed. 

What should I look for re. C-diff?  Same symptoms as UC or are they a little different?  I'd want to catch it asap!

Thanks

Posted 8/25/2010 12:38 PM (GMT 0)
I just finished my course of Macrobid with no issues whatsoever. about three months ago I was on Macrobid too with no issues. Usually if I have to be on an antibiotic, I notice problems within two days of taking it.

C. diff is slightly different then Uc symptoms. I had it many moons ago but I remember clearly that I had extremely liquidy bloody poo in which I was going about 25-30x's a day. I was flaring at the time but even then, this was highly not normal for me.
Posted 8/25/2010 3:45 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah C-Diff might be tough to distinguish for those of you who have bad flares anyway, but #1, it has a smell unlike anything you have ever smelled on this earth, if you notice an abnormally repugnant smell (it is indescribably bad, you will know it) that lingers in the air forever, that is a good sign. The pain from it can be incredibly severe before and after you go, I was actually falling over on the ground from it and my stool just turned into black mucus and blood with nothing else but others report it turns into yellow liquid 10+ times a day. Now, I'm not even certain if I have UC at this point (one doc says yes, another no) but I suffered at least a colitis episode for 2 weeks in July after getting a virus and the colitis flair has less pain, less blood, less trips to the bathroom and no C-Diff smell.

I'm not certain if that helps at all, but that's what I can think of.
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