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What happens after C.Difficile?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 27, 2023 | Replies (165)Comment receiving replies
What is pulse and taper I'm on number 6 C diff 5 * in 2021 I'm 75 years old and every time it's Vancomycin which I just did for six months I got off it I was fine two weeks later which is now I got the poops again and I'm back on the Vancomycin tomorrow I start the dificid for 10 days which I remember I had in the hospital last year that didn't work my mental state is in the toilet along with the poop I've had ulcerated colitis since 1970 and here we are I just now consider the transplant that's disgusting is that sounds to me my doctor told me yesterday no way he didn't even know where to do it or who does it I said I know more than you do because Mayo Clinic does it in Jacksonville Florida and I live in Tampa when it gets down to it I probably chicken out but I've had so many colonoscopies it probably wouldn't matter to me I'm just thankful I don't get the pain anymore but it does just squirt out of me I've lost 65 pounds since December 2020 you know I was a chubby bubby I had no problem eating but those days are over I'm keeping this weight off doctor says there is no other medicine for me I don't know if I should change doctors I've been with him for 6 years I think I probably said enough I got a lot of information from from Mayo I've always come to Mayo to educate myself but I just found out about this website a few days ago and I love it God bless you
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Pulse and taper is taking Vanco over a period of time and you lower the amount you take each day. You might start with two or three a day and then go to one or two daily. And then the next week you go to one a day and then start skipping a day. But that didn't work for me. Two weeks after ending the pulse and taper, I had my 4th bout of Cdiff. The only RX that worked was taking Dificid after my 4th bout. It was terribly expensive but it worked. It's also important you take a good probiotic every day and one with Saccharomyces boulardii. (SB) It's the one probiotic that is resistant to the acid in your stomach and works in the colon where you need to get some good bacteria. I've gone through 4 back surgeries and 2019 and my 4 bouts of Cdiff was worse than going through back surgery. And it started from me taking Clindamycin for a sinus infection. They should take that RX off the market. I had another friend who got Cdiff after their dentist gave it to them prior to a root canal. She took Vanco which didn't work and then took Dificid which did work for her. She is the one who told me about Dificid.