Do NOT stop your antibiotic. Better to take more probiotics for a couple of weeks, like Activia yogurt or acidophilus capsules from the healthfood store.
Yeah, you’re probably right. I should ensure those pesky bacteria have been pummeled into oblivion for another 6 months at any rate.
Yes, this doesn’t necessarily mean stopping an antibiotic.
It means fortifying the gut with probiotics.
Originally, when penicillin was first used, they prescribed probiotics along with the antibiotic, because they knew even in the 40s that antibiotics destroyed good bacteria in the gut. So they took probioics to help replenish the good bacteria that were being destroyed along with the bad bacteria.
Now it did come into standard medical practice that they no longer prescribed probiotics along with antibiotics, and thus led into people having problems with gut issues and infection issues because they never ‘reset’ their internals with a proper balance of good bacteria. There is not a lot of money to be made prescribing yogurt or probiotics because they aren’t drugs.
Do not start any antibiotic.
They only weaken your immune system, making recovery less likely. They are at best only minimally effective at killing the infecting organism, but very effective at crippling your digestion and immune system.
How long will lactobacillus acidophilus remain viable if kept in the fridge?