I'm rotating Augmenten for 2 weeks then Xifaxan for 2 weeks then Augmenten etc.
I'm also using Canasa, VSL#3DS and s.boulardii. For various other health reasons I can't take Cipro or Flagyl.
There are many here that do well taking antibiotics all the time. I'm at 8 months of rotating them and getting worse. I've been wrestling with my j-pouch for 4.5+ years and it's time to make some tough decisions 
Dr. Loftus, my GI at Mayo, has me scheduled for a pouchoscopy in a few weeks. We know that the balloon dilation done in February didn't work. He is going to determine if I need the dilation done under anesthesia for the efferent limb blockage. I'm going to discuss going to a permanent ileostomy with him and the surgeon.
I have many other health problems so have no quality of life. I'm eating correctly for all of my health problems. Pouring medications into my body is not working. I can't make plans to do anything or go anywhere.
I'm turning 60 this year and don't have another 5 years to devote to a j-pouch that isn't working well. Please don't tell me to go to CC as I am at Mayo's and my GI is the director of the IBD Clinic there. He is a wonderful doctor. I didn't ask for the upcoming surgical consultation, he scheduled it. He had one scheduled this time last year but I had a few months of doing better so cancelled it.
I don't think several months is enough time to go back to an ileostomy. I was told it would probably take a year or more to fully recover from the surgeries. I don't think it is time to quit using your j-pouch but think that I should have quit trying at the end of 3 years.
We are all different. 