Stomach recovery from Antibiotics

Stomach recovery from Antibiotics

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Thundersports

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694 posts

160 months

Thursday 21st March 2024
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I've recently finished a course of Erythromycin and my Stomach/Bowels are in a bad way. Any advice as to what I can take to improve this? I'm Lactose intolerant.
Thanks.

Fitz666

678 posts

157 months

Mr.Chips

1,138 posts

229 months

Thursday 21st March 2024
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I also suffer from “digestive issues,” whenever I have been on a course of antibiotics. Generally speaking, once I have finished the antibiotics I then try to eat a variety of foods to improve my gut bacteria. Things like kimchi, sauerkraut etc. Also, try a probiotic, you can get them from Holland and Barrett or Amazon. I would also have a few of the yoghurt type drinks with the healthy bacteria stuff in, but those wouldn’t help you much if you are lactose intolerant. I don’t know if one of the companies that sells oat based yoghurts do a milk free alternative, might be worth a check.
HTH.

SlimJim16v

6,830 posts

158 months

Thursday 21st March 2024
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Coconut milk kefir, and kombucha.

sherman

14,448 posts

230 months

Thursday 21st March 2024
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Start with simple blandish food.
Scrambled egg
Toast
Rice
Chicken with little seasoning

Chromegrill

1,115 posts

101 months

Thursday 21st March 2024
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Probiotics are great for this, eg Actimel.

Blown2CV

29,751 posts

218 months

Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Chromegrill said:
Probiotics are great for this, eg Actimel.
actually actimel is fully of sugar and is terrible at what it's meant to be for, as it only contains one strain.

better off with symprove or something like that.

d_a_n1979

11,803 posts

87 months

Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Chromegrill said:
Probiotics are great for this, eg Actimel.
IMO they're not at all; full of ste/sugars etc and the OPs said they're lactose intolerant; can you get non dairy ones now?

For me the likes of Solgar Digestive Enzymes, Acidophilus nd the likes of Kimchi are a much better way of dealing with your guts flora & fauna

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solgar-Digestive-Enzymes-...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solgar-Advanced-Acidophil...

smifffymoto

5,075 posts

220 months

Thursday 28th March 2024
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A good pro-biotic will certainly sort you out.

Go to chemist and get advice.

I had Dysentery in 2006 and after the antibiotics I took pro biotics. All my stomach and digestion issues disappeared for a few years until all the bad bacteria built back up.