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Posted 7/24/2011 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
I'm going to try the combo antibiotic therapy, and have a long reply post on that thread already. I am just wanting to know what, if any, methods you guys have heard of to help lower the possibility of C-diff infection during the course of antibiotics.

To anyone that notices, I've been posting many more questions than helpful replies within the last few weeks. The reason for that is a combination of declining health and a very busy schedule. Things are getting worse for me and I am working very hard on remedying this situation. I hope to be back in control of my digestive health soon, and then also have time to be more supportive to other members here.

Thank you very much.
Posted 7/24/2011 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
The combo includes an antibiotic called Flagyl which is one of the ones used for c-diff. It should work to prevent it.

Good luck. Keep us posted. I have been considering the therapy myself.
Posted 7/24/2011 11:43 PM (GMT 0)
Thoreau,

Hope you start to feel better soon.

Are you on any probiotics, like VSL#3 ? With being on antibiotics, I would strongly suggest probiotics to keep the healthy gut flora flourishing.

Posted 7/25/2011 12:12 AM (GMT 0)
Florastor is a probiotic yeast (not a bacterium) that has had success against C-diff, and my long-lost GI who was great (from a city I lived in long ago) told me to take it anytime I had to take antibiotics. Only problem is it's darn expensive.
Posted 7/25/2011 12:12 AM (GMT 0)
The probitoic I see people talk about the most in relation to antibiotics is Florastor. It is a yeast based probiotic so it can resist the antibiotics, it isn't killed off by the antibiotics like most of the other probiotics we take.

I have read of people taking it while on antibiotics to prevent C-Diff as well as people fighting C-diff also taking it.
Posted 7/25/2011 2:59 AM (GMT 0)
I'm into my 6th day of the combo antibiotic therapy. I'm taking a packet of VSL#3DS every day. I'm also eating a little bit of sauerkraut every day. Sauerkraut is fermented like yogurt and supposedly has all the same flora as is found in a healthy gut. You have to make sure you get the fermented kind, not the cheap kind made with vinegar (like Bicks or whatever).
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