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I actually haven't had this happen to me but have you talked to your doctor about it? Is there anyway they could try you on something else?
Do you increase your water consumption when you are an medication? I find that it always helps with this sort of thing.
@Mrs.KMM: I would talk to your doc about it. Also, you could consider taking probiotics daily- they have helped a lot with issues I had when taking long courses of antibiotics.
@tranquility: and @elivt: I've had this happen for years every single time I take any anitbiotic. My doctors (I've been to many different ones over the years) all say that there is nothing that you can do about it other than just try to treat the yeast infection once it comes. But it won't go away until the antibiotics are done. :(
Happens to me everytime I'm on antibiotics, and I get UTIs every few months, so it's pretty often. My doctor presribes the antibiotic and diflucan, which is a pill used to treat yeast infections so I don't have to deal with them anymore. Maybe ask your doctor about it too? Mine was more than happy to help me out, and he said it was a very common thing.
Whenever I have strep and have to take penicillan, it happens like clockwork. So annoying--nothing to make you feel worse than a yucky yeast infection on top of illness!
I worked in a pharmacy and a lot of ladies have their doctors write them perscriptions for yeast infections whenever they get an antibiotic, that way they would have it in case their body reacted. Some women never have that issue and others get it every single time. You are definitely not alone!
yeah it's gross. usually when i get a script i ask for the yeast infection script as we..
@Boston Bee: The diflucan works wonders to clear it up once the antibiotics is done but I've never found anything to stop from getting them in the first place. I'm trying to get some diflucan this time but since I got the antibiotics from my Ear, Nose and Throat doctor (since I have an ear infection), she said that she can't write me a scrip for the yeast infection since it isn't her "area" of practice.
It always happens to me too. I go ahead a grab a monistat while I'm at the drugstore filling the antibiotic perscription. Happens every damn time. But that's the only time I ever get them...
@AnneTossy: Same! I never get them except for when I'm on antibiotics!
It is kind of non-traditional medicine, but a gynecologist I saw in college swore by boric acid vaginal suppositories. It is kind of weird, but they work.
@FutureKMM: My doctor prescribes 3 pills that I take 2-3 days apart starting on the first day of antibiotics (I'm usually on the antibiotic for 5 days, so I'm still taking diflucan after the antibiotics are finished), and I don't even get the symptoms anymore. I'm sure it's different for everyone, but that regiment works wonders for me.
Its very common. I take Azo yeast pills along with antibiotics, and that seems to stop any infections from surfacing
@Boston Bee: Thanks for the info! I'll have to try to get my OBGYN to write me a scrip for 4 or 5 diflucan pills now (instead of the one or two I was planning to try to get). I called them this morning and left a message with the nurse but I haven't heard back yet.
you should definitely have some diflucan to keep in your bathroom closet. you can take one as soon as you start the antibiotic and probably again a few days later and it should prevent any problems!
yep its very common.
I drink a danactive probiotic drink every day and when I have had to take antibiotics I drink two a day. It has helped a lot.
Ive actually never had a yeast infection - from antiobiotics or anything else. So I have absolutely no idea what would help! :-( Sorry that must really suck
Yeah this is actually fairly common. I've never had an issue with it, though. The antibiotics kill all the good yeast, which allow the bad yeast to make a happy home
I didn't read all the responses so sorry if I'm repeating anyone here, but YES! The most common time to get yeast infections for women is when taking antibiotics because they also kill the good bacteria naturally in your body that keep yeast infections away every day. I don't know why your doc never mentioned this, but you should eat yogurt (make sure it has the live probiotics) every day you're on antibiotics. My doc actually recommends 1 tablespoon a day to always ward them off, but if you hate yogurt suck it up for when on the antibiotics.
Also just looked up online and found this more specifically: The best sources of probiotics are organic yogurt with live bacterial cultures and supplements that contain “good” bacteria — look for the words “lactobacillus” or “acidophilus” on the label.
I began having this problem in college when I had strep for several months straight. In the time before I could get my tonsils out I spent over a month on zythromyacin (sp). Since then any time I get an antibiotic I get a yeast infection. I now automatically request Difulucan anytime I'm going to get an antibiotic. I take it around the middle of the antibiotic course and can safely avoid any extra yeasties.
Yes, also (slightly unrelated) I'm sure you ladies know that oral birth control loses some effectiveness while you're on antibiotics, but I have been appalled by my doctors and nurses (at my university health center) who don't make any mention of it when they write me prescriptions for antibiotics, even though I told them in the same conversation that I was on it!
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Okay - so potential TMI warning (for anyone who missed it in the title) - but I wanted to see if any other Bees suffer from the same problem I do.
Every time I have to take antibiotics for something, I ALWAYS end up with a nasty yeast infection and it HATE it! I got an ear infection last week and took a 7 day course of antibiotics (which led to a yeast infection - of course) but unfortunately, the antibiotics didn't fully clear the ear infection so now I have to take another 10 days worth so I have to deal with the yeast for another week and a half! :( It sucks!
So does this happen to anyone else or am I alone in this issue? I feel so gross right now and am not looking forward to having to put up with it for another 10 days. Poor DH won't be getting any until this is cleared up.