WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2003: Re: should i go to the ER

Re: should i go to the ER

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 14 May 2003 13:06:09 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 14 May 2003, Anon wrote: >
>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.

>If you go to the website of the manuafacturer of Levaquin (levaquin.com) you'll see that one of the side effects is diarrhea,though they say it's usually mild. It's possible that you have a stomach virus. I'd ask the doctor if the medication is still being absorbed, or whether you should finish the medication after this has run its course.

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anonymous too

>At Wed, 14 May 2003, Anonymous wrote:
>>
>>At Wed, 14 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>>
>>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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