Dec
17
2009
Question About Antibiotics And Probiotics, Yogurt For Intestine Health?
Posted by: Alan in Probiotics, tags: About, Antibiotics, Health, Intestine, Probiotics, Question, Yogurt
I’m on a week of penicillin for a tooth ache/infection and wondering should I eat yogurt now while on the antibiotics or wait and eat it after finishing meds? Will it be a waste to eat yougurt while still on the antibiotic because it will kill the good bacteria in the yogurt, or will it help anyway?
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December 17th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Yes, you should be taking probiotics while you are taking antibiotics, as well as at least a week afterwards. Be sure to take the probiotics a few hours before or after the antibiotic dose.
Although better than nothing, yogurt does not contain enough probiotics.
Here are some good brands of probiotics:http://www.theralac.com/http://biokplus.com/en/http://florastor.com/ (A beneficial yeast, not bacteria, so it can be taken at the same time or near the antibiotic dose).
December 18th, 2009 at 12:48 am
It will help anyway. When an opening appears on the lining you want to have the good culture there to take up the spot otherwise you leave it open for anyone else. Yes of course it will not stay but that is why you keep eating it.
December 18th, 2009 at 3:32 am
You can eat the yogurt concurrently with antibiotics. Probiotics, either taken in capsule or caplet form or as live-culture yogurt, are now commonly used concurrently with antibiotics.