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Tanya72
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Postby Tanya72 » Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:12 pm

I posted someplace else and I can't find it but I just got the call back that they retested my stool and I know tested positive for the antigen and the toxins. I finished a 10 day course of Flagyl on December 10 I thought it was gone but through the week I could tell symptoms were coming. My first test said positive for antigen negative for toxins ,now after treatment I have both the toxins and the antigen.
They prescribed me vanco 125mg but only twice a day for seven days which doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I've had about five bouts of diarrhea since 9 o'clock last night. Does vanco usually have better success then flagyl?

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Re: Question

Postby beth22 » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:11 pm

Yes, vanco has a better success rate, but that is not a dose to treat an active infection. 125mg 4 x per day is what is usually given. I would speak to your doctor and ask if you can take it 4 x per day and then taper down. Tapering vanco has a better success rate than stopping abruptly as well.

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Re: Question

Postby georgina » Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:09 am

Vanco has a higher cure rate the Flagyl and unlike Flagyl , vanco is actually FDA approved for CDiff treatment , and also is well tolerated , less side effects because is not absorbed into the bloodstream.Hope this course of meds does the trick!

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Re: Question

Postby roy » Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:29 am

Question your Dr about the vanco.
That's only a quarter the dose that treats c.diff
Normal treatment is 125 x 4 a day for 14 days.
What you have been prescribed is VERY likely to result in a relapse.

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Re: Question

Postby Lisa33 » Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:00 pm

Tanya - Here is a link to your original post, as I had moved it, since it was posted under success stories.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18373


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