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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / November 2006Help--Biaxin is doing a number on me!!!
I'm taking Biaxin XL for this damn sinus infection. It's hard to say but I think it has been helpful (but I still get sick sinus feeling and sore throat when I don't get enough sleep). I am on day 14 of a 21-day course. I'm hopeful it will totally wipe out the problem, but I'm still not sure (definitely MUCH better than before I went on it). My current problem started today: REALLY BAD DIARRHEA. Anybody have this problem with Biaxin?? It seems strange to have this occur now, after 14 days. Is that not unusual?? I've been taking yogurt but I didn't the last 2 days, so I'll get back on it. Any other suggestions? Mel > I'm taking Biaxin XL for this damn sinus infection. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Mel Yeah, you might try taking some saccaromyces boulardii, too. Susan What is that?? Where do you get it? Mel > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Susan > What is that?? Where do you get it? It's a probiotic that counters c. difficil, one of the causes of antibiotic related runs. You should be able to find it in a health food store. You should take it and some multiple live culture yogurt during the day, hours after your first Biaxin dose. Susan >x-no-archive: yes > >> What is that?? Where do you get it? > >It's a probiotic that counters c. difficil, one of the causes of >antibiotic related runs. Except that most diarrhea associated with antibiotic use is caused by things other than C. difficile. In the case of Biaxin, it's because the macrolides are chemically direct GI irritants. Probiotics can't help there. > Except that most diarrhea associated with antibiotic use is caused by > things other than C. difficile. In the case of Biaxin, it's because the > macrolides are chemically direct GI irritants. Probiotics can't help > there. Yes, they're GI irritants, but they also can cause diarrhea due to flora die off. Susan > I'm taking Biaxin XL for this damn sinus infection. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Mel I have never had any problems with Biaxin XL. I get extraordinarily happy and giggly on it. I never have diarrhea on it. And it always works.  Signaturepreesi ~~~~~~~~~ "Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself." ~Roseanne ~~~~~~~~~ My Websites and Favorite Links: http://tinyurl.com/yvw45 Yahoo/SidekickII Name: MissPreesi Skype: Preesi >I have never had any problems with Biaxin XL. >I get extraordinarily happy and giggly on it. I want your prescription. ;-) > I'm taking Biaxin XL for this damn sinus infection. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any other suggestions? I often get diarrhea with BIAXIN. It's a side-effect - a small price to pay for some. > I'm taking Biaxin XL for this damn sinus infection. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Anybody have this problem with Biaxin?? It seems strange to have this occur > now, after 14 days. Is that not unusual?? Most likely, the Biaxin finally killed off the friendly good bacteria that live in your intestines, upsetting the balance of nature in there. The macrolide class of antibiotics seems to be notorious for doing that; happens to me all the time with Erythromycin too. You might purchase some acidophilus capsules in your drugstore to repopulate the bacteria in your gut. And drink plenty of fluids of course. OTOH, really bad diarrhea can be the start of an allergic reaction. My allergic reaction to oral penicillin started with diarrhea and soon progressed to hives. Be alert to signs of allergy like rash, hives, etc. If you start getting hives or pimples on your body, then go straight to the Emergency Room of your local hospital. Don't waste time posting questions to us on this NG about it! SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. OK thanks for the advice. No D since yesterday afternoon-- but not much solid food eaten either. Back on the yogurt Mel >> I'm taking Biaxin XL for this damn sinus infection. >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > the Emergency Room of your local hospital. Don't waste time posting > questions to us on this NG about it! Yogurt isn't enough to rebuild the resident flora. I have taken strong antibiotics for months and never had stomach problems. I take Natrol Bio Beads, an enteric probiotic pearl size pill which makes it through stomach acids into the intestines where it is needed. There are some other more expensive enteric probiotic pills, but this one works really well. I find these at Wild Oats and think many other stores carry Natrol brand including Walgreens. > Yogurt isn't enough to rebuild the resident flora. I have taken strong > antibiotics for months and never had stomach problems. I take Natrol Bio [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > these at Wild Oats and think many other stores carry Natrol brand > including Walgreens. Yes, and if you take probiotic supplements, don't take them at the same time you take the antibiotic pills. Space them apart by as much time as possible so that the antibiotics won't kill the bacteria before they have a chance to start growing and multiplying. SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. >> Yogurt isn't enough to rebuild the resident flora. I have taken >> strong antibiotics for months and never had stomach problems. I take [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > time as possible so that the antibiotics won't kill the bacteria > before they have a chance to start growing and multiplying. I thought that I said kind of the same thing about NOT eating bacteria rich yogurt at the same time one is on antibiotics as it will kill the bad, the good and the yogurt bacteria and I was bashed! Signaturepreesi ~~~~~~~~~ "Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself." ~Roseanne ~~~~~~~~~ My Websites and Favorite Links: http://tinyurl.com/yvw45 Yahoo/SidekickII Name: MissPreesi Skype: Preesi >> Yogurt isn't enough to rebuild the resident flora. I have taken strong >> antibiotics for months and never had stomach problems. I take Natrol Bio [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > possible so that the antibiotics won't kill the bacteria before they > have a chance to start growing and multiplying. Apparently, this precaution isn't necessary for saccharomyces boulardii. Susan Right-- although biaxin XL is time release. D seems to be gone for the moment and sinuses are fine...AT THE MOMENT!! mEL >> Yogurt isn't enough to rebuild the resident flora. I have taken strong >> antibiotics for months and never had stomach problems. I take Natrol Bio [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > possible so that the antibiotics won't kill the bacteria before they have > a chance to start growing and multiplying. |
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