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Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO)
Digestive Health | Last Active: Nov 4 7:21pm | Replies (477)Comment receiving replies
My GI nurse didn't even check to see if xifaxan was covered so they put me on amoxcicilin- clav. This isn't the best for SIBO. I see him Thursday and if I'm not feeling better, demanding they figure it out. They left me hanging here with this ( I suspected it) since last May. In 2 months I lost 30lbs from pain and they just said I guess IBS after a good Endoscopy. I did read eat normal on antibiotics then introduce the diet etc.
I have hydrogen, but they didn't even test for methane so I don't know if I have both.
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From everything I've read it's antibiotics that caused this problem in the first place!! I've even read that people that went on antibiotics as children are way more susceptible to stomach issues. Antibiotics destroy good and bad bacteria so why a doctor would put you on the very thing that causes SIBO in the first place is beyond me!