probiotic ?

[Indigo]

Is it better to take a probiotic at the same time as a an antibiotic, or to wait till the antibiotic is finished to take it?

[Sputterduck]

I worry that antibiotics will be used up fighting the probiotics.

I can't take my antibiotics at the same time as so many things, it seems like it is used up and/or absorbed so easily, it makes me nervous.

[Indigo]

Okay, the dr said, "When she is done with this,give her probiotics, and I didn't think to ask why not at the same time. That makes sense.

[JudyJudyJudy]

The natural medicine books I have say that it is essential to take probiotics while taking antibiotics. They should be taken as far from the antibiotics as possible, though. For example, if the antibiotics are being taken every six hours, the probiotic should be taken three hours after the antibiotic. If the antibiotics are being taken every eight hours, the probiotic should be taken four hours after the antibiotic.

[Wolverine]

I give thme both during the course of treatment and for a few days after.

[Sputterduck]

The natural medicine books I have say that it is essential to take probiotics while taking antibiotics. They should be taken as far from the antibiotics as possible, though. For example, if the antibiotics are being taken every six hours, the probiotic should be taken three hours after the antibiotic. If the antibiotics are being taken every eight hours, the probiotic should be taken four hours after the antibiotic.


I take antibiotics 3 times a day, has to be 2 hours after last meal and 1 hour before meals and not near any iron or dairy or a whole list of medicines. Then there is the metformin that needs to be with meals, 3 times a day. And the d-chiro-inositol twice a day. So minimum of 6 times a day of pills. Ugh. Timing a probiotic in there between 3 antibiotics a day would kill me. :p

[JudyJudyJudy]

Sputter, I don't want to scare you, but I truly am concerned about your taking all these antibiotics. I greatly regret doing that in the past. My health now sucks, and it's likely related, at least in part, to the antibiotics I took in the past. With your insulin issues, you are probably already more susceptible to other problems, especially autoimmune diseases. Please be careful.

[Sputterduck]

Sputter, I don't want to scare you, but I truly am concerned about your taking all these antibiotics. I greatly regret doing that in the past. My health now sucks, and it's likely related, at least in part, to the antibiotics I took in the past. With your insulin issues, you are probably already more susceptible to other problems, especially autoimmune diseases. Please be careful.


How do you think they harmed you? I really don't want to make myself sick. What kind were you on? I'm on tetracycline.

[JudyJudyJudy]

I believe the antibiotics caused, or at least contributed to, my multiple chemical sensitivities. I was on antibiotics quite a bit when I taught school in the late 80s and early 90s because I caught everything that came along. Looking back, I probably should not have been prescribed them the majority of the times that I was.

Also, I was on antibiotics for adult acne in the early 90s (tetracycline was one of them, but I reacted to it after a while). It was during this time that I started realizing that I had become very sensitive to chemicals (beyond the cigarette smoke that had always bothered me). Then after Jacob was born, I had mastitis numerous times and was on antibiotics a lot again. Then after a miscarriage, I got a uterine infection and was prescribed antibiotics yet again. It was at this time that I got to the point where I am now.

In reading message boards about others with MCS, a lot of the posters also trace their MCS back to antibiotics--some to taking them for acne, so I'm not alone. If I had only known back then what I know now, I'd be much more cautious with medications in general.

[Sputterduck]

Know any alternatives? If it were just for my face, then I would have more choices.

I can get Accutane, but that really scares the heck out of me.

[mommyof2sons]

I usually take a probiotic about 3 hrs after taking an antibiotic dose