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Most people can take 14 days of an oral antibiotic without significant long-term adverse consequences. As of 15 years ago, according to my doctor, while on the
by hollerith 2y ago
Most people can take 14 days of an oral antibiotic without significant long-term adverse consequences.
As of 15 years ago, according to my doctor, while on the antibiotic, sacchromyces boulardi is the best probiotic to take to try to minimize the risk of adverse consequences.
- cjbgkagh 2y agoBoth can be true, antibiotics can cause substantial side effects in some people and most people will be fine. Still sucks if you are not one of those most people.
- hollerith 2y agoYes, it still sucks, but so do uncontrolled chronic bacterial infections.
- Talinx 2y agoI have never been given a probiotic while getting an antibiotic. Seems like a good idea. Is that a common thing? Does the evidence support this?
- tim333 2y agoStudies say dunno: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190124-is-it-worth-taking-probiotics-after-antibiotics https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190124-is-it-worth-taki... Personally I try to take some biotic food - yoghurt and the like
- hollerith 2y agoWhen this happened (again about 15 years ago) I was taking a very long course of antibiotics.