ma23peas Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Normally, I do not like taking anything for anything..I think I've had 3 antibiotics in the past 20 years and three just this week alone!! I had a strange whelp-like infection that popped up above my forehead that quickly inflamed to a huge draining dense infection down the side of my face-my faced looked like half Weird Al in "Eat It" and the other half looked normal...ugh!! (all internal nothing oozing thank goodness!) On Clindamycin (1800mg!! a day!) the whelps continued to pop up and infection grew...so doc put me on a Spectracef then gave me a shot of Rocephin...I tried yogurt but last night the cramps/gut tenderness began, I popped one of those Florastors and this morning it felt soooo much better!! I will not stop taking those things until I"m off the meds...infection is about 1/2 what it was Monday so I know the meds are working...just had to give a shout out for this product!!! It's a pro-biotic and does have lactose....but I think it will save me from a C. Diff infection with all I've had to take the last week!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Glad to hear you are getting better. Just remember, you may need the probiotic for some time after you finish the antibiotic (in my case, it was several months, but I also ended up with c.diff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sbgrace Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Yay! It really is great with antibiotics. I always have some in the house now and bring it to friends and family suddenly facing surgery/IV antibiotics, etc. My son picked up c. diff that way and I know Florastor would have protected him. It's good to protect against yeast too. Do continue it post antibiotics as others have said. We do probiotics at least a month after antibiotics. Honestly, we do a month of the hard hitters like Florastor and then start a colonizing one after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Yay! It really is great with antibiotics. I always have some in the house now and bring it to friends and family suddenly facing surgery/IV antibiotics, etc. My son picked up c. diff that way and I know Florastor would have protected him. It's good to protect against yeast too. Do continue it post antibiotics as others have said. We do probiotics at least a month after antibiotics. Honestly, we do a month of the hard hitters like Florastor and then start a colonizing one after that. :iagree:Florastor and then a colonizing probiotic after that at a therapeutic dose, at least in the beginning. With Florastor, you can take four a day. The package used to say two per day, one in the morning and one at night, but when I called the company recently, they said they were going to be updating the packaging to allow up to four per day, which is more consistent with the levels used in research studies. You may not need that much, though, and it is expensive. I'm so happy Florastor is working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Yay for Florastor! I've had recurrent C. Diff, and thank goodness for Florastor. It may save you a world of pain and agony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 OK, so what's the differnce between this and a "colonizing" probiotic? Aren't they all colonizing? (isn't thtat the point of taking them?) I've been on 2 antis recently and have been taking acidophilus and sipping kombucha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 OK, so what's the differnce between this and a "colonizing" probiotic? Aren't they all colonizing? (isn't thtat the point of taking them?) I've been on 2 antis recently and have been taking acidophilus and sipping kombucha. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma23peas Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 From what I read on FLorastor on the packaging, it is more yeast and lactose...not sure if Acidophilus is a yeast...I don't think so. And not sure what the other thing is. I think having a yeast enriched environment prevents the C. Diff from reproducing in the gut. Hope this helps! Thanks for the tips on the additional stuff to take, and yes, the packaging only said morning and night, so I may slip in another one mid-day...so far so good, no more gut pains, it was so tender last night below my belly button that I could not even bend over...ALL better today!! :) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Know that Rocephin keeps working in your body for a while after you get the shot. So you should definitely keep up the probiotics for a while - I'd continue them for at least a month after you finish the oral ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'm so glad you found it and it's helping you! I sure wish I'd been put on it when I had to take clindamycin. Eight months later, and I'm still not ready to wean off the Florastor. I wish my insurance covered it--funny it would cover the insanely expensive Vancomycin to fight c diff, but not the Florastor that can prevent it and/or prevent relapse. I was taking six a day for a long time, fwiw, and am now down to 4. It's more than a dollar per capsule and for eight months....eesh, I'm not willing to even do the math to figure out how much I've spent on this stuff. I'm grateful for it, though. :grouphug: from someone whose been there. I relapsed twice and hit a point that I thought I'd never get rid of it. It was a hard time. To really kick it, I used Florastor and Culturelle, double dosing, during and after the vancomycin (so much better than flagyl). After a point, I switched to Align. Now I'm really liking Primadophilus Reuteri, which is cheap through Vitacost and supposedly effective against cdiff. I've been cdiff free since June, but it sure took awhile for my gut to normalize. I wound up giving up gluten, too, in the hope of healing as much as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 OK, so what's the differnce between this and a "colonizing" probiotic? Aren't they all colonizing? (isn't thtat the point of taking them?) I've been on 2 antis recently and have been taking acidophilus and sipping kombucha. Florastor does not colonize. It will die off in a week or so after stopping it. Other probiotics will colonize and live in your gut indefinitely, though probably not at the same level unless you take a maintenance doses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 From what I read on FLorastor on the packaging, it is more yeast and lactose...not sure if Acidophilus is a yeast...I don't think so. And not sure what the other thing is. I think having a yeast enriched environment prevents the C. Diff from reproducing in the gut. Hope this helps! Thanks for the tips on the additional stuff to take, and yes, the packaging only said morning and night, so I may slip in another one mid-day...so far so good, no more gut pains, it was so tender last night below my belly button that I could not even bend over...ALL better today!! :)Thanks! Florastor is a friendly yeast. Acidophilus is a friendly bacteria. Not 100% sure, but I think Florastor may neutralize (?) the cdiff toxin which does the damage in your colon. It also makes the colon wall slippery so the cdiff, and other pathogens, can't stick to it. I read about this until my eyes ached, but it was months ago so I may be confusing things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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