I quit....stupid giardia.

So after I took a one-time dose of tiniprazole for giardia about 6 weeks ago, it helped for a few days and then came back full-force (we think). Two weeks ago my GI prescribed a 3-day course of tiniprazole. During those three days, the D completely disappeared and I was having one solid BM per day (I almost felt constipated actually, and tore very slightly - my poor bottom isn't used to anything but liquid!). I finished the tiniprazole on Monday, and by Tuesday started having D a bit again. Now it's back again just like before, almost getting worse actually. It's not horrible (I've survived much, much worse) but I wake up at 4a needing to go, and by 8a have had 3 BMs of foul-smelling D. I don't think it's c. diff. Then throughout the day I feel a constant need to go, and anytime I eat anything, I immediately cramp and have a BM. None of the pills the doctor gives for cramping or anti-D have worked. I am worried about a longer antibiotic course because of my history of c. diff. that the FMT in April cleared up; I've now had 4 courses of antibiotics since April (UTI, sinus infection, and now two for giardia).

Maybe I'll just live with the parasites and they can help me lose all of my extra prednisone weight.

Thanks. I threw up three times at church today. Nothing like being sick in a public toilet; at least it wasn't a gas station!

I just read an article that says they do use Flagyl for giardia, which also treats c.diff. Another idea is that maybe they should switch the antibiotic:

"It can be expected that parasites will be cleared from the stool in 3 to 5 days and that symptoms will resolve in 5 to 7 days. If the symptoms do not abate, the patient should be evaluated for treatment failure or lactose intolerance. If resistance or relapse has occurred, treatment with a drug of a different class or with a combination of a nitroimidazole and quinacrine for at least 2 weeks should eradicate infection."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88965/

Oh Sci. Wish I could offer more for you but gumby hit on my suggestion. Did they consider a five course of the tin.? I know that is still longer than you might like. But maybe you need a few more days to kill the buggers off. Hoping you get answers soon!!