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Posted 5/13/2016 1:39 PM (GMT -5)
Hello, I was recently getting better from a flare with uceris. Unfortunately I then got bad food poisoning that left me with lingering diarrhea for a month. Stool cultures are all negative. My GI doctor has just given me a course of xifaxem. Please, if you have been on it I would love to hear how it turned out. Thank you!


Some other info: taking asacol hd, canasa in am, rowasa in pm. Vsl3 and turmeric. Tried a vit e enema but stopped as it gave me bad cramps.
Posted 5/13/2016 2:43 PM (GMT -5)
I've taken Xifaxan before, you shouldn't have too many side-effects from the antibiotic because it is only released in the intestine, so it is not systemic like most other antibiotics. I didn't take it for your reason so I really can't comment on the food poisoning issues.

Spread out the time that you take VSL and the Xifaxan because the Xifaxan will kill off some of the VSL, so you need to stagger it so that it minimizes the effect on the VSL.
Posted 5/13/2016 8:11 PM (GMT -5)
Thank you Keith for the post! Great tip on timing of vsl3 and this med.
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