Reply to "Something Besides Pouchitis?"

Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

There is another antibiotic to try before going with the fecal transplant. That is fidaxomicin. I agree that you want to be aggressive while you have time to deal with this stuff. Also know that now that you know you have C. diff pouchitis, you cannot use the typical pouchitis antibiotics any longer. Even Flagyl may not be in your "bag of tricks" since your C. diff is Flagyl resistant. So, if you do have troublesome pouchitis after you get the C. diff under control, you may have to go with UC meds instead. Hopefully, it is all C. diff and controlling that is your key to better health. Once you have failed the known antibiotics to treat C. diff, it should not be difficult to get approval and coverage for fecal transplant.

Here is the CDC link on the topic:

http://www.cdc.gov/hai/organis...f/Cdiff-patient.html

Jan

3/18/152:00 PM

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