Comments on: Have you ever eaten five billion of anything?

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:38:58 +0000

Your antibiotic medication is killing the probiotics too. You might have a few left alive for a bit if you take the probiotics half way between your twice daily dose of antibiotics and thus reep some benefit. The advice about the pepto and previcid is good.

Once you get off the medication have a few meals of good steak and a few doses of the probiotics and you’ll be good as new.

By: Jason McClain

Jason McClain — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:59:47 +0000

Wohooo! Good thing I have the couple of bucks! :-)

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:07:31 +0000

Jason: Not that there’s anything like a prize involved, but yours was the 5,000th comment since this blog went WordPress.

That, a couple of bucks, will get you a cup of coffee.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:43:13 +0000

Hootsbuddy: That blessing is WAY too long. By the time I finished it, the probiotics would lose their effectiveness.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:41:02 +0000

Yeah, I’m taking the PrevPack, the #1 recommendation. I’m wondering if swapping out the Amoxicillin for another antibiotic will be any better on my digestive system, or it won’t really matter, what with flooding it with antibiotics that are going to kill all the good bacteria no matter what I do.

By: chsw

chsw — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:23:23 +0000

Try mixing the probiotic into the yogurt. Seriously, the yogurt will tend to mask the smell, and you will get to down both the acidophilus and the brewer’s yeast at one time.

As an alternative, drop the brewer’s yeast into a mug of stout. If anything, a pint of stout will make it go down easier!

chsw

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:12:43 +0000

According to my references the antibiotic choices for helicobacter are:

#1 a 2 drug regimen of amoxicillin and biaxin
#2 backup antibiotics tetracycline, flagyl, or rifampin
#3 in some cases Levaquin and rifabutin

All antibiotics should be accompanied by an acid suppressor such as Prevacid as well as a bismuth-containing compound such as Peptobismol.

Yeah, the “pre-100 dollars/day” era used a lot of active cultures to treat the side effects of medications; however you still need the medications to get rid of the helicobacter. The yogurt, buttermilk, and other tasty goodies only treat the side-effects of the real treatment and are not a substitute…

Hope you feel better soon,

Dr. Fungus

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:23:07 +0000

I drink milk with acidophilus in it. I don’t like yogurt.

But if I can drink this smelly yuck, perhaps I can down a cup of yogurt.

On the other hand, I’m going to discuss Amoxicillin with my doctor today, and see if we should change it out to another antiobiotic that isn’t so hard on my system.

Ten and a half more days of this stuff. Ugh. Have to keep telling myself that if I don’t do it, I may get ulcers, which is far, far worse.

By: great unknown

great unknown — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:01:17 +0000

Something that works well is yogurt with active cultures. Highly recommended by physicians of the “pre- 100 dollars/day medications” era.

By: Hootsbuddy

Hootsbuddy — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:29:00 +0000

Brave woman, indeed. Last year I posted a probiotic grace before meals you may wish to use. It may not help with the taste but might be spiritually empowering.