You be your doctor and prescribe the probiotic!. An analysis of 63 previously published studies evaluated the effects of probiotics (including Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Saccharomyces, Streptococcus, Enterococcus and/or Bacillus) on antibiotic-associated diarrhoea.
People who took probiotics were 42% less likely to develop diarrhoea during antibiotic treatment than people not taking them. What does that mean? From my perspective it means two things:
1. One day doctors will prescribe a probiotic with every script written for antibiotics, in some countries they already do!
2. You take the initiative to write yourself the prescription for the probiotics just while you are waiting for medicine to catch up! Don’t rely on the doctor to give you this information as they are bound by certain constraints and may feel they are unable to give this sensible advice.
Can i take an antibiotic and a probiotic together? Separate taking your probiotic from the antibiotic by about two hours to give yourself the best protection.
Which Probiotic should I take? I recommend a practitioner only product to ensure the correct handling as these ‘babies’ are very sensitive. I also do not recommend taking the probiotic drinks as they are not as strong and may be digested before they reach their destination.
How do I take the Probiotic? Take a high strength probiotic twice daily whilst on the antibiotic and for 10 days afterwards.
If you feel you need to take antibiotics then come to the clinic and mention seeing this post on the website and we will give you a10% discount on our own high quality practitioner only brand of probiotic. Probiotics are fragile things and you want to know the one you prescribe is a quality product that has been well handled under the right conditions. Jarvis health has that product. Even better let me prescribe something for you so you do not need the antibiotics and get rid of the infection even faster!
It is a rare situation when my patients feel they have to resort to an antibiotic – we believe they should be the last not the first choice. We have many options to choose from to support your bodies response to infection, all of which give stunning results.
I had a new patient last week and she had taken antibiotics already and the doctor wanted to prescribe steroids, after three weeks with a constant and debilitating cough caused by infection in less than 11/2 days the cough was gone without use of further medication other than an all natural approach – The body really responds well when given the right tools!