Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

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Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby sophie » Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:26 pm

I was in the hospital for 5 days being treated for Diverticulitis and possible C-Diff. Based on the Cat scan my ID does not believe that was
my probem but had to treat it since stool test showed up positive.
I've been on Augmentin/Cipro for 7 days and will stop today (per Dr) as I've been hit with some diarrhea. Scares the heck out of me.
I still have 5 more days on Dificid.
Has anyone had diarrhea while taking Difficid??

Thanks

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby roy » Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:29 pm

If you do have c.diff there's not much chance of it being cured by the remaining 5 days of dificid.
The treatment you have accepted over the last 7 days is totaly against recommended treatment for someone that has c.diff.
Even a first year medical student should know theres no point in giving dificid alongside cipro.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby sophie » Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:45 pm

Roy, that's scary. My doctor really felt like she knew what she was doing. Based on the cat scan that was taken she's not convinced C-Diff was my problem. Time will tell. I'm just so sick of the whole thing.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby ResearchGrandma » Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:07 pm

I had C. diff between 2011 and 2013. Last year I consulted with an ID doctor when a dentist recommended clindamycin for 5 days. The ID doctor said that I should take vancomycin for 3 times as long as I took the clindamycin (15 days). This was just as for prophylaxis, to prevent a recurrence of C. diff. I did not take either of those antibiotics- took doxycycline instead. I guess in your situation the augnmentin/cipro was treatment for diverticulitis. I agree with Roy that if you do have C. diff you will probably need a much longer course of treatment with either dificid or vancomycin.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby sophie » Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:22 pm

Thannks for your note. My ID doctor wants to test me today or tomorrow to see if C-Diff is still showing positive. I'm confused, I thought if i'm taking Dificid it might produce a false result. I'm so sick about the Cipro. When you're in the hospital and very sick, you tend to trust the doctors who are treating you.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby amyc » Mon Apr 17, 2017 11:49 pm

Oh I am so sorry you had to be hospitalized for 5 days for diverticulitis. Cipro, amoxicillin and Dificid at the same time would probably wack your gut pretty hard. Hopefully the D will stop for you really quickly and you will feel much better soon!

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby roy » Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:17 am

A test while on antibiotics is next to useless.
There's 2 reasons

1 Dificid should clear the active bacteria giving a negative test but the spores can not be detected.
You relapse a few days later when the spores germinate.
Because Cipro has been used this is highly likely, the good flora needed to mop up the spores has been decimated by it.



2 the test picks up lingering DNA or toxins and is positive but all the disease causing bacteria is gone.
That results in treating and can even contribute to a future relapse.

Only symptoms say if it's gone this close to treatment.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking Difici

Postby sophie » Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:43 pm

Roy - thank you for the informaton; I appreciate the knowledge that you share with us. As I was given Cipro for diverticulosis treatment, is it a
given that C-Dif will continue or come back? I was taken off Cipro 6 days before i will complete Dificid. Part of my situation, is that although I tested positive before treatment started (and had some but not major diarrhea), after a cat scan was done, the doctors are more convinced my problem was diverticulitus not C-Diff but because of being in the hospital and having a positive C-diff test, it had to be addressed as well.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby roy » Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:30 pm

At best a Cat scan shows thickening of the colon wall if you have severe c.diff, Normaly it won't show anything at all.
A relapse is not definate but taking cipro if c.diff is confirmed is not good.
First rule of treating c.diff is to halt all antibiotics unless they are treating a life threatening disease.
It's a wait watch and worry scenario now.
Personally I would be suggesting the c.diff medication might be continued to at least 14 days after the cipro if I had it.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby sophie » Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:48 pm

Roy - thank you again. I was thinking a similar thought about continuing the Dificid longer. I'll be in touch with my ID.

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Re: Diahrrea while taking DifcidI

Postby sophie » Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:19 pm

Hmm..I just spoke to my ID. I asked about possibly extending Dificid due to the CIPRO use at the start. Her words were, we don't do a second prescription of Dificid. You do the 10 days and once you're done, you're done.


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