whether to use probiotics to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea
July 2012
You'll get questions about whether to use probiotics to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
The theory sounds reasonable...replacing some normal GI flora that's killed by the antibiotic might help prevent adverse GI effects.
Now a recent analysis suggests that treating 13 patients with a probiotic may prevent one case of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
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