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Subject: Summary: Antibiotics part 1


> Thank you to all who replied to my inquiry regarding antibiotics.  I got a
> variety of answers. This will probably be in two posts.  Below is a
listing
> of the replies.  Thanks again for all the information.  Rita
>
> Dear Celiac patients - you should all beware that 5-10% of patients
continue
> to have symptoms despite normalization of the biopsy and a strict gluten
> free diet - the following can explain this phenomenon It can be treated
> empirically with Xifaxan or tested for with a Lactulose breath test.
> Dr. Leonard Weinstock
> Gastroenterology
> St. Louis MO
> (Dr. Weinstock sent a very informative information, but because of
copywrite laws, the listserve will not allow me to publish it.)
> Tursi A, Brandimarte G, Giorgetti G. High prevalence of small intestinal
> bacterial overgrowth in celiac patients with persistence of
gastrointestinal
> symptoms after gluten withdrawal. Am J Gastroenterol 2003;98:839-43.
>
> >
> The answer is that you need the good bacteria that antibiotics remove.
They
> serve a usual purpose for your body, and there will be an overgrowth of
> fungii and bad bacteria. After taking a course of antibiotics, I take
> probiotics along with the L Glutamine, increase my yogurt and take herbal
> antifungal (for a short time only)
>
> THERE IS LACTOSE IN YOGURT THAT CAN CAUSE YOUR STOMACH PROBLEMS
>
> had problems years ago because I ate yogurt while I was taking
antibiotics.
> A doctor had told me to take them together to ease stomach upset, but it
> apparently coated my gut and interfered with absorption of the drug.  The
> infection got worse, until the  2nd doctor, a specialist, told me no milk
> products while I took the erythromycin and he doubled my dose, then I got
> better.  Calcium in milk or supplements can also interfere with
tetracycline
> family antibiotics (doxycycline and others).
>
> Our daughter took iFLORA from sedonalabs.com after taking antibiotics that
> gave her an overgrowth problem.  It snapped her out of 4months of diarrhea
> in a week, taking 1/4tsp. of the powder acidophilus blend 3x a day for a
> week.
>

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