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Re: should i go to the ER
From: Anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 14 May 2003 12:18:54 -0500 (CDT)
I would go with the previous poster, acidopholous does work well. As
far as your dr goes, I hate to disagree but I have been on levaquin
before and it also gave me terrible diarhea, so I don't agree with
him/her that it is not a side effect....it is a side effect for many
people! Good Luck.
At Wed, 14 May 2003, Anonymous wrote:
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>At Wed, 14 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>Antibiotics kill all bacteria, including the good bacteria in your
>digestive tract. When I am on antibiotics I eat yogurt and take
>acidopholous, that seems to take care of the problem. If I start the
>acidopholous at the same time as the antibiotic I never have a problem.
>You can get acidopholous and just about any grocery store or pharmacy.
>Good Luck.
>
>>I was given levaquin 500mg this past friday i started taking it , then on
>>sunday evening i started having diarhea all the way until today i still have
>>it, i wake up in the middle of the night and cant stop going, i called my gyn
>>and she said levaquin doesnt cause it and i may have a stomach virus and too
>>let it run its course, well i feel like i am dying i cant do anything because
>>i keep sitting on the toilet, does anyone think this could be from the
>>medicine??? I payed 160$ for the meds and dont want to stop takiing it but i
>>missed school because of this and i dont know what to do?? The pharmacy also
>>told me levaquin does cause diarhea so i am getting mixed info, any help
>>would be great thanks......
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>mom2b
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