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Reply to "BAD side effects from Cipro. Any good alternatives to Flagyl and Cipro long term for recurring pouchitis?"

I received my J-pouch in 2005, had a reoccurring bouts of pouchitis and was always put on cipro and Flagyl.  My pouchitis seemed to come like clockwork every 6 months... after about 3 years I had awful side effects and could barely get out of bed.  My GI doctor took me off the cipro and put me on Levofloxacin....another dangerous antibiotic in the same family as cipro.  I stopped that too and started researching the effects of cipro on the body.  There is so much information out there and so many people that become debilitated because of these drugs. I still have pain in my joints, arthritis like symptoms that have been ruled out as arthritis and am convinced it is due to the cipro and Levofloxacin.  I have managed my pouchitis naturally for 3 years or so (knock on wood).  As soon as symptoms appear that even resemble pouchitis I change my diet and increase my probiotics.  I have been lucky not to have chronic issues.  

 

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