I had c-difficile in 2011. My dentist (following a dental procedure) had prescribed a ten-day dose of Amoxicillin. On the tenth day the diarrhea started, and it was like a prep for a colonoscopy. Two days later (Sunday) I went to Urgent Care, and they told me to go home and drink lots of fluids. Feeling terrible the next day, I called my doctor who sent me to the Emergency Room. I was diagnosed with C-difficile and recovered in hospital for a week. I had very low potassium as result of diarrhea. In the hospital they gave me vancomycin and when I was discharged, they prescribed ten days of vancomycin (compound medication because the pills cost a fortune) and also had me continue with Florastor probiotic which they had also given me in the hospital. My specialist said I should not take antibiotics again unless I had pneumonia! I have not taken another antibiotic since (except if during surgical procedure they gave me through blood) and I have not had another occurrence of C-difficile. That was my experience, but I have a question. I have researched but not found an answer. After many years, is it reasonably safe for me to take a broad based antibiotic if I need one???? Has anyone had C-diff and then taken oral antibiotics some time later????

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