I had a tonsillectomy last Thurs and the dr put me on Amoxicillan. The last few days I have had horrible, watery diarrhea. When I was on Omnicef for tonsillitis last month, the same thing happened and the dr said I could take Immodium. I take a medication for diarrhea/IBS anyways because I have diarrhea "issues" since I had my gall bladder removed. I just haven't taken the med since my surgery because it is a powder I have to mix with juice and I am in too much pain to swallow all that right now and it is kinda acidic. Has anyone had the same problem with antibiotics?? I just wonder if another antibiotic would be better. I don't remember having this reaction from antibiotics until just recently. It is really annoying and kind of worries me too.

I was just on Keflex and Flagyl and it gave me horrible diarrhea plus the added joy of a yeast infection and thrush. Fun times. :eek: It's pretty common with antibiotics, often times they not only kill off the bad stuff, but the good stuff in the intestines which leads to diarrhea. You can try a probiotic, or just wait it out. Good luck!!

I remember when I was younger the doctor would also say to eat yogurt with live and active cultures in it. I never liked yogurt then, so I would never eat it. I learned my lesson. Now everytime I take an antibiotic I try to eat yogurt once a day.

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KDD

When I had my first bout with diverticulitus I was taking strong antibiotics. They killed off the good bacteria too, and I ended up with a C-Diff infection. I ALWAYS eat probiotic yogurt now, every day, and more if I know I'll be on antibiotics. It truly helps! Activia is good, but there are store brands that are just as good.