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Been dealing with it 3 years now, took the first 1.5 years to figure out what it was. So far took 2 rounds of rifaximin. The first round didn't do much, but the

Been dealing with it 3 years now, took the first 1.5 years to figure out what it was. So far took 2 rounds of rifaximin. The first round didn't do much, but the second round (with neomycin) got rid of my methane overgrowth. I still have a hydrogen overgrowth and waiting on insurance to improve another round of just rifaximin. Do you have a methane or hydrogen overgrowth?

pazimzadeh 4y ago
You could try some over the counter herb-based supplements: Herbal Therapy Is Equivalent to Rifaximin for the Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/ Subjects with newly diagnosed SIBO by lactulose breath testing (LBT) were given two open-label treatment choices based upon individualized treatment preference; either two 200 mg rifaximin tablets three times daily (TID) or 2 capsules twice daily of the following commercial herbal preparations; Dysbiocide and FC Cidal (Biotics Research Laboratories, Rosenberg, Texas) or Candibactin-AR and Candibactin-BR (Metagenics, Inc, Aliso Viejo, California) for 4 consecutive weeks immediately followed by a repeat LBT. I have been taking Candibactin-AR and Candibactin-BR with my meals and have seen an improvement in my stool consistency (I have recently diagnosed SIBO/Crohn's). I was given the metronidazole for one week and it helped as well, but symptoms came back.
- hanniabu 4y ago
  I've been taking low dose herbals as maintenance since my last round while I wait for the next round > I was given the metronidazole for one week and it helped as well, but symptoms came back. Make sure you focus on gut motility. A lot of people have it come back due to poor MMC which causes the food to sit for longer, ferment, foster the overgrowth, and cause inflammation. Here's a good thread with some options: https://www.reddit.com/r/SIBO/comments/11ac3ic/list_of_possible_measures_to_get_the_mmc_going/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SIBO/comments/11ac3ic/list_of_possi...
  - pazimzadeh 4y ago
    Thanks. I noticed that cannabis use makes it worse, and it turns out that it slows gut motility.
colordrops 4y ago
Only hydrogen.
bigfudge 4y ago
That sounds alike a pain to have to wait. Out of interest: when people compare US medicine with socialised medicine like the NHS, does the time spend waiting for insurance paperwork get included in comparisons?
- hanniabu 4y ago
  Probably not. People in the USA have been brainwashed to be terrified of social programs so they'll never give them a fair comparison. They just talk about the worst cases where it takes months to be seen by the doctor, which funnily enough is exactly how it is here if you're trying to see a specialist.

pazimzadeh 4y ago

You could try some over the counter herb-based supplements: Herbal Therapy Is Equivalent to Rifaximin for the Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030608/ Subjects with newly diagnosed SIBO by lactulose breath testing (LBT) were given two open-label treatment choices based upon individualized treatment preference; either two 200 mg rifaximin tablets three times daily (TID) or 2 capsules twice daily of the following commercial herbal preparations; Dysbiocide and FC Cidal (Biotics Research Laboratories, Rosenberg, Texas) or Candibactin-AR and Candibactin-BR (Metagenics, Inc, Aliso Viejo, California) for 4 consecutive weeks immediately followed by a repeat LBT. I have been taking Candibactin-AR and Candibactin-BR with my meals and have seen an improvement in my stool consistency (I have recently diagnosed SIBO/Crohn's). I was given the metronidazole for one week and it helped as well, but symptoms came back.

hanniabu 4y ago
I've been taking low dose herbals as maintenance since my last round while I wait for the next round > I was given the metronidazole for one week and it helped as well, but symptoms came back. Make sure you focus on gut motility. A lot of people have it come back due to poor MMC which causes the food to sit for longer, ferment, foster the overgrowth, and cause inflammation. Here's a good thread with some options: https://www.reddit.com/r/SIBO/comments/11ac3ic/list_of_possible_measures_to_get_the_mmc_going/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SIBO/comments/11ac3ic/list_of_possi...
- pazimzadeh 4y ago
  Thanks. I noticed that cannabis use makes it worse, and it turns out that it slows gut motility.

colordrops 4y ago

Only hydrogen.

bigfudge 4y ago

That sounds alike a pain to have to wait. Out of interest: when people compare US medicine with socialised medicine like the NHS, does the time spend waiting for insurance paperwork get included in comparisons?

hanniabu 4y ago
Probably not. People in the USA have been brainwashed to be terrified of social programs so they'll never give them a fair comparison. They just talk about the worst cases where it takes months to be seen by the doctor, which funnily enough is exactly how it is here if you're trying to see a specialist.