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Thank you to everyone who answered my question about this medication.

Within a day or two the bleeding stopped and the gas pain and diarrhea

started to improve.  Unfortunately she ate some raw fruit and was back to

a lot of blood but after giving up the fruit has started to improve again.

I am supposed to discuss with the doctor today or tomorrow about doing a

colonoscopy.  She is tolerating the pill well and is seeing some steady

improvement.  Here are the responses.  Paula in Pa.

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Some one asked if Xifaxan is gluten free.  I called the mfr. website 

phone number and talked to a doctor who checked and called back.

He said yes it is gluten free.

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One person pointed out that celiacs develop bad gut flora and

suggested Kefir as a good broad spectrum probiotic to get 

good flora.

We were just about to try kefir when she got so sick she ended

up in the ER.

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One family is traveling to Africa with a Crohn's and a celiac teen.  

Their pediatric gastro gave them this antibiotic to carry with them in 

case of intestinal problems and were not warned about any 

conflicting foods.

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Someone wrote saying that an E Coli study showed it can can dodge 

antibiotics by invading "immune system cells in the bladder wall" and

wondered if other bugs do too. One study found 18% of 

E Coli had become resistant to SMZ/TMP (that is
trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole).  

This should be of  interest to celiacs who have a tendency to get
infections.  

Here is the link:

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/caz/kidn/utri/alert04192000.jsp

 

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One person took this medication for a small intestine overgrowth,

and was filled with gas with a very bad odor, but after taking the
medication 

for 4 weeks was much better.  Some of her food intolerances went

away.  

 

She said it is very important to have a good probiotic afterward and used 

VSL#3 from the doctor for a month after the Xifaxan.  Her doctor said 

VSL#3 is the only probiotic that has been studied by  the Gastro docs 

and is used to treat  ulcerative colitis.  the website  gives you dosages
for

your weight etc.

 

She took 3 packets of this but it caused too gas & had to cut down to 1 pack

a day for 10 days then increase to 2 a day for the balance of the month.

 

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Someone cautioned about ingredients and vitamins and recommended

Twinlab Allergy MultiCaps for Allergic and Chemically  Sensitive individuals

at VitaminShoppe.  I need to look this up.

 

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Someone suggested it could be Giardia and had been on two kinds of pills.

This is one of the things for which our dau. was cultured.

 

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One person was given Xifaxan 800mg a day (our dau. is on 600) for what

turned out to be celiac disease.  The only side effect was flatulence,
nothing

else unpleasant.

 

 


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