Cipro making me worse?! I think!

You could try skipping a day or three of the Cipro to see if you improve.

 

250 mg of Cipro isn't enough for me. 500 mg once daily does the trick, along with 250 mg of Flagyl.

Hi Steph,

 

Have you ever been prescribed a Mesalamine Enema? I can't tolerate Cipro at all, so my doctor usually prescribes me the Mesalamine, instead. I've had much success treating pouchitis this way. You're on a pretty high dose of Cipro and combining that with Flagyl can be rough on the stomach. I recommend asking your doctor about the enemas (you insert one nightly). I usually use them for 7 days straight then as needed when I start to feel the pouchitis flaring up again. I might also try a probiotic if you're not already on one. You could also take an anti-diarrheal if your still having watery stools. 

 

Hang in there! 

 

 

 

 

Hey! Thanks guys!
Flagl on its own usually works for me, but I don't know why I'm on Cipro too! I need to be on it indefinitely and if these don't work the next step is immunosuppressant! I take a probiotic and an on loperamide too to help with that! They tried to get me those enemas but can't get them where in from no where supplies them, so I tried different ones and they tended not to work either! Such a nightmare haha
Fingers crossed less Cipro helps!

Steph xoxo

Canasa suppositories have the same medicine as mesalamine enemas. They are more expensive, but perhaps they are available where you are?

Try drinking some Kefir , can get at supermarkets. And you may want to try mesalamine enima one in morning and one at night (and also hydocortisone enima one a day inbetween) anal pram cream twice a day on the rectal area if your flare is low.Flagyl is plenty

 

Do you have Thrush?  Sometimes I get Thrush from antibiotics and need Fluconozole to treat it.  I get bad D from Thrush.

Have you been tested for c.diff?