I had a pouchoscopy exam November20,2019. The results came back saying I have very seious inflammation. I was put on Vancomycin which is a very strong antibiotic. Has anyone been on this medication? How did it make you feel and what were the results?
Also what foods do you eat for your j-pouch? Right now I am on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
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Vancomycin is used to treat C Diff, not the usual case of Pouchitis. What was your diagnosis?
Inflammation found in the ileoanletisal pouch. Severe Pouchitis and prepouchileitis. Ruled out C.diff and I also have perianal rash.
I take Vancomycin 4 times a day. I decided to do 3 times a day. The medicine makes my stomach bloat, I get tired. So far I haven't had to go to the bathroom as much as before.
Will be glad when I don't have to be on this medicine. I am just counting the days.
suffering through side effects.
I have had Pouchitis for 25 years and never was prescribed Vancomycin by anyone.
The leading Pouchitis treatment antibiotics are Cipro, Flagyl, Xifaxin, Augmentin, Levacquin, and Tinidazole. You would have to ask your doctor why he is using that particular antibiotic which is more of a go to treatment for C Diff, from what I know.
Of course you may or may not have side effects with the others as well, but they are known to be effective treatments.
If antibiotics don’t do the job, you will be a candidate for biological drugs, and if your inflammation is characterized as “severe” that could be sooner rather than later. Antibiotics can sometimes help with the symptoms, while not totally improving the level of inflammation, and you should be cognizant of this. That’s why you should have a conversation about biologics. You don’t want the inflammation to not be under control.
This vancomycin is a powerful antibioic to target the inflammation. My specialist is an expert on j-pouches at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill ,NC and knows what medicine to prescribe.
