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Some of us develop antibiotic-dependent pouchitis, and just have to stay on antibiotics. Ideally you can find several that work and rotate them in 2-3-week intervals. It’s very hard to do this without several doctors appointments over a period of time (or at least regular communication) and I can’t think of a good way to do this while traveling the world.

It’s possible that you don’t have antibiotic dependent pouchitis, but just don’t get a complete resolution from Cipro any more. In that case another antibiotic (Flagyl, Xifaxan, whatever) might properly resolve your current pouchitis and get you back to your happier state of health. It’s sure worth a try.

Although CT presents fungal infections as a certainty, they are just one possible side effect of Cipro. I’ve been lucky enough to avoid them in spite of years of continuous CIpro and Flagyl treatment. Keeping the skin dry should help a lot.  I would have preferred to rotate antibiotics if others had been effective, but the unchanging therapy works just fine sometimes. 

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