@New577 posted:Last year I wound up treating SIBO indirectly.
after I tested positive via the breath test, my GI prescribed xifaxin, but insurance denied it.
While waiting for the appeal, at the same time I was being treated for a recurring unrelated UTI.
I took Bactrim for over a month and both UTI and SIBO were cured (at least for that moment).
when I told my GI, he was not surprised as his treatment protocol is xifaxin, doxycycline and then Bactrim.
Wow, that’s interesting!
what kind of sibo did you have?
and did it stay away or did it come back?
I actually also was put on Bactrim accidently haha, all though that was due to pneumonia from Humira. I was resistant to it unfortunately, so it did not do a thing. I am considering asking my doctor for Augmentin, which is something that can work for hydrogen sulfide sibo, especially if bactrim failed.
may I also ask why you were put on it for a whole month, sounds really long? Given that you had uti issues it very well could be hydrogen sulfide, I have chronic uti issues which is supposed to go away if you kill the hydrogen sulfide overgrowth.
thank you so much!