Get some acidophillis powder at the health food store....I get the stuff in the refrigerated section and it works well for me.
Hope you feel better soon.
You could also call your doc and see if there is anything else he can suggest or talk to a pharmacist.
Keep us updated on how you are doing, please.

Hope the meds help and you get better really soon!

Get on some oral Nystatin ASAP. Personally I will never take antibiotics again without Nystatin. I had issues for over a year... one of the worst years of my life. I was also on oral hydrocortisone which made the problem worse.

Please check with your dr. or pharmacist--different antibiotics can work differently. You need to get the right advice for the specific one you're taking.

But sometimes, the side effects are just the price we pay for getting the good effects we need from a medication.

Sounds like this is just a phase you have to live with for a while, not forever. Agree with the active (live) yogurt and the pro-biotic pills, and plenty of water. Mild exercise is also good -- even just a short walk around in the house. Foods that I could tolerate included plain white rice, and cooked carrots. Add some fiber to your diet as soon as you can -- I ate a bowl of fiber cereal with milk every morning. Avoid anything with too much sugar, cut way down on caffeine and chocolate. Keep a food diary so you can identify and track your own "safe" and "danger" foods. Also pay attention to time of day that you eat. If you have problems after eating late in the evening, you may be developing acid reflux.

No idea if this applies to you, but for me the enforced diet was an opportunity to lose a few pounds and develop a some "good" eating habits. Hopefully you will only need to take such precautions for a few weeks. Good luck for a quick recovery :-)

No advice for you Shirley, I know you have good eating habits, just hope you get to feeling better really soon.

Sue

Thanks for all your suggestions. If I had a health food store closer, I'd get the acidophillis powder. Mine is almost an hour away. I may look into ordering online.

I called my pharmacist this morning. He told me to try my choice of products such as Maalox, but to not take within an hour on either side of taking the meds.

Right now the only things I can tolerate is boiled potatoes, toast, tea, ginger ale, toast. Vegetables and fruits are going to have to wait a while.

nickle: my sister just told me this morning to avoid all sugar added foods.

When I find something that works for me so I can add more needed foods, I'll update you.

I had my 2nd knee replaced 2 months ago and haven't recovered from it as well as the first one in June. I think my run down condition has contributed to these latest developments.

Shirley

I never take antibiotics without also taking PRO-biotics. They restore the GOOD stuff while the antibiotics kill both good and bad.

I never take Prednisone without a prescription for Ambien for sleep either. (You can be sleepless for DAYS when taking Prednisone!)

I don't know why MD's don't routinely tell you to take these combinations when they prescribe antibiotics or cortisone.

You don't need anything from a health food store. Every drug store has probiotic capsules. Surprised your pharmacist didn't say so.

gadgets, you should be able to get acidophillis pills at any store that sells vitiamns and supplements. I developed Oral Thrush after being on a antibotic and took to bottles of Nystatin and still had it I consulted my DR. about using yogurt and acidophillis and he said give it a try if it doesn't work give us a call. Well, it worked.
Kittywhiskers

on antibiotics for long term periods it allows the yeast to become over run in and on the body which is why some develop Thrush, and yeast infections. You may need to talk to your doc about one of the pills for yeast infection(like diflucan) and if it starts to grow on your body or head there are also products they can prescribe for that also.
The yogurt will help to keep it a bit in balance but many times that is not enough.
I agree with the acidophillis and the pro-biotics those can not hurt you.

I take prednisone daily and it has never kept me from sleeping,even when I was on the higher doses, it can make me puffy at times.