Re: Re: Vancomycin and probiotics

August 27, 2007

- thanks for the advice!!

wrote: No she shouldn't need to restart the

Vanco, but the Vanco will have

immediately killed all the probiotics you gave with it. Ideally give

probiotics 2 hours away from Vanco (on either side), but even if you

can only manage 60 to 90 minutes apart that'll be much better than

giving them together.

Yes you can give probiotics at the same time as Diflucan. However if

you use a " natural " antifungal such as Grapefruit Seed Extract, Oil of

Oregano, etc I would still play it safe and give probiotics apart from

the natural antifungals. This is because many of the naturals have

antibacterial properties as well.

Personally, whenever my son is on Vanco, I mix his probiotics with

water and sneak in at night before I go to bed and syringe them in.

That way he got his last vanco dose at bed time but then the

probiotics still have much of the night to repopulate his gut. I do

my best to give probiotics during the day between vanco doses as well,

but if I mess up, at least I can rely on the nighttime dosing.

>

> My daughter has been on Vancomycin for the past week. Problem is I have

> been giving it along with her probiotics twice a day. I was told by

> another parent I should not give the two together. Our DAN did not

> mention this when I asked about drug interactions. I've left a message

> for the DR. but was hoping someone might be able to tell me if this is

> a big problem...Will she have to re-start the Vancomycin? Also as far

> a dosing goes... I've heard several different things leaving me

> confused...Can probiotics be given with an antifugal such as

> Diflucan...I thought NO and have been keeping them seperate...but was

> told Yes by our DAN? Also is there a problem giving the antifugal

> (Diflucan) and the Vancomycin together? Thanks!!

>

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