Diarrhea and pills?!


Question: I've been taking pills to clear out the infections of bacteria.. The pills been giving me diarrhea.. because I have diarrhea will it mess up the pills, meaning cause the pills to not work??
Took pills since Thurs, stopped yesterday.. Been having diarrhea from sat. to today


Answers: I've been taking pills to clear out the infections of bacteria.. The pills been giving me diarrhea.. because I have diarrhea will it mess up the pills, meaning cause the pills to not work??
Took pills since Thurs, stopped yesterday.. Been having diarrhea from sat. to today

Since the pills u've been taking r for bacteria, then they're antibiotics. What u have is most likely antibiotic-associated diarrhea, or pseudomembraneous colitis, a form of diarrhea which may be caused by antibiotics, usually pencillines, cephalosporins, clindamycin or lincocin.
Good thing that u stopped taking them, which is typically what u should do in this case. Also, u need to take either Metronidazol (Flagyl) tablets orally or Vancomycin parentrally to treat the diarrhoea.
But I recommend that u consult the doctor that prescribed the antibiotics & tell him/her about it first, before taking any further medications.

Where is the infection? If it's a stomach infection, you need to get it out, otherwise, immodium and a bland diet may help





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