Holy H*ll !
I was sick recently with a sore throat, laryngitis ( I actually totally lost my voice ), a cough, blowing my nose ( with green snot ). Sorry for the gross description. Anyhow, my Primary Care Physician prescribed an antibiotic for me. I have been having diarrhea every day since being prescribed the antibiotic ! I am so mad now. I had been having some success recently at keeping my colon happy. Well, my colon is not so happy any longer. The first antibiotic I was on I took for 7 days. I had diarrhea for 5 of those 7 days. Then my doctor gave me a different antibiotic. The second antibiotic gave me diarrhea, I took this antibiotic for three days. So, that is ten days of antibiotics and that is usually the number of days they give you antibiotics for, but my doctor gave me seven days worth of medication the first time around, and then seven days of medication the second time around. That would be 14 days of antibiotics. Well, as of Thursday morning, November 20th, I am not taking the antibiotics any longer. I have diarrhea off and on all day long now. I am a responsible person, so I will call my doctor on Monday and tell him that I will no longer be taking any more antibiotics because I am getting sick from them. My sore throat is gone, the laryngitis is gone, the cough, and the green snot is gone. I was even wearing a surgical mask around for a while because I did not want to cough on anyone and I certainly did not want to get additional germs from other people. Now I am trying to get my colon back on track, I don't know how long that will take but I am pretty mad right now about the whole antibiotic / diarrhea thing. I had diarrhea for 17 years, then this May I had horrible constipation ! So, I started to have some success in not having the severe constipation and not have the terrible diarrhea. I was having some control of it. I will now know that if a doctor ever asks me about medication allergies that I will absolutely mention that antibiotics give me bad diarrhea and I won't take them no matter what !