Problems with Amoxicillin

I was wondering if any of you guys have had any problems with Amoxicillin? I am on it currently cause I have been sick for over a month. I have a chest infection and an ear infection. I have been on antibiotics twice. It is really hard to find an antibiotic I can take because of my Geodon. (My signature is not correct BTW). I am still on Humira.

I have been eating greek yogurt and I just started taking VSL. Before the antibiotics I was having regular solid BMs. Not I am having terrible D. It is to the point I have to be careful when I pass gas. No Pain or blood. I think it is just normal upset while taking it and it will go away when I am done because I always get some D when taking antibiotics but I am scared. Any thoughts?

Thank you

made me flare

Fortunately, while having UC I have handled antibiotics well (including amoxicillin). However, the one that I find best for me is Levaquin. I'm not sure if you can tolerate this one with your other med you take as you said it is hard for you to find ones you can take with it. I know many are against abxs in the class of Levaquin due to possible side effect of tendon rupture, but it is the absolute best one I've taken for my colon. I recently was on Zpak which was fine for me as well.

Just as an FYI - given all the recent FDA warnings and studies coming out on fluoroquinolone antibiotics, I would advise against cipro or levaquin unless your life is on the line. It is a drug that can have permanent ramifications on your health and body.

There was a recent study that followed cipro users over time and a remarkably high number of them developed neuropathy:

Results: We identified 6,226 cases and 24,904 controls. Current users of FQs were at a higher risk of developing PN (RR = 1.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.49–2.27). Current new users had the highest risk (RR = 2.07, 95% CI 1.56–2.74). No risk was observed for current users of finasteride (RR = 1.21, 95% CI 0.97–1.51).

This study also confirms my personal experience since I experienced the neuropathy and lived with the fear of tendon rupture for at least a year after discontinuation of the drug. It is not something I'd like to go through again. In fact, I would probably choose death over it.

I think very few antibiotics are safe for anyone. Anti-fungals are a different story. We're beginning to see a surge in autoimmunity and other mystery illnesses because many doctors are wrongly prescribing these courses for simple things that go away with time.

Sorry for my rant, but I'm still bitter over what happened.

My body handles Levaquin easily for some reason... I was so surprised when I took it and nothing happened bad for my gut.