4th relapse in 3 months :(

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NS789
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4th relapse in 3 months :(

Postby NS789 » Thu Jun 11, 2020 3:47 pm

Hi everyone,

I am a 32-year-old woman. I was diagnosed with c. diff back at the beginning of March. Since then, I have been put on 10 days of Flagyl, 10 days of Vanco, 10 days of Dificid and then 10 days of Dificid again. All of these have failed. I just had a terrible night of diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and fever. My GI now wants to try a long Vanco taper.

I'm feeling really scared and discouraged. Dificid is the magic bullet for most people but unfortunately it didn't give me a sustained cure. So now it's back to Vanco. I have been sick for so long. I feel like I will never beat this monster infection :(.

Has anyone had success with a Vanco taper AFTER trying Dificid?
32 y/o female. Got C. diff in Feb. 2020. Prescribed Flagyl (10 days), then Flagyl again (4 days), then Vanco (10 days), then Dificid (10 days), then Dificid again (10 days), then a Vanco taper (5 wks), then a Dificid taper (2 mths) and finally recovered.

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Re: 4th relapse in 3 months :(

Postby Ali-Mar » Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:15 pm

NS789 I am so sorry to hear that you relapsed again, and I hope that Vanco taper will work for you. I am still on Dificid taper. I am thinking of talking to my DR about the FMT if the taper didn't work for me..

hang in there, we will get through this.
Male 54, contracted C-Diff on Feb 5, 2020, diagnosed on March 2nd, Took Flagyl for 8 days, Vanco for 10 days, relapsed 5 weeks post-Vanco. finished Dificid Taper on June 20 relapsed two weeks later, had the FMT on July 14th, 2020

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Re: 4th relapse in 3 months :(

Postby roy » Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:38 pm

Dificid is not reported to be superior for treating relapsing c.diff.
You seem to have aged 2 years since your first post in April :-).

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Re: 4th relapse in 3 months :(

Postby NS789 » Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:41 pm

Thanks Ali! I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that the Dificid will work for you.

I live in Canada and I haven't heard much about FMT being an option here. I'm not sure if it's an approved treatment by Health Canada.

Roy - haha oops! Must have been a typo but I'll stick with the younger age! ;)
32 y/o female. Got C. diff in Feb. 2020. Prescribed Flagyl (10 days), then Flagyl again (4 days), then Vanco (10 days), then Dificid (10 days), then Dificid again (10 days), then a Vanco taper (5 wks), then a Dificid taper (2 mths) and finally recovered.

Ali-Mar
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Re: 4th relapse in 3 months :(

Postby Ali-Mar » Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:24 pm

Looks like there is FMT program at university of Alberta

https://www.universityhospitalfoundatio ... omplicated.
Male 54, contracted C-Diff on Feb 5, 2020, diagnosed on March 2nd, Took Flagyl for 8 days, Vanco for 10 days, relapsed 5 weeks post-Vanco. finished Dificid Taper on June 20 relapsed two weeks later, had the FMT on July 14th, 2020

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Re: 4th relapse in 3 months :(

Postby poppy86 » Fri Jun 12, 2020 7:27 am

I'm so sorry to hear you relapsed. I really hope the vanco taper works and that you make a full recovery.


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