I'm sorry you were in the hospital. I hope they gave you IV fluids while there. The stomach flu is not fun!

Maybe I'm missing something, because this doesn't make sense. They gave you two antibacterial drugs for a VIRUS? Why is that sensible medicine? Why not an antiviral? Did they find bacteria in a UA or blood culture?

If they didn't identify a bacterium, if one existed in your body, there are other antibiotics they could've given you! Why a quinolone? Yes, the latest research has shown that it can adversely affect MG. I can see giving it if there was a specific bug they might be worried about, since some drugs work better on some bugs!

Did anyone suggest that you take acidophilus? I hope so.

Drugs are tricky. You can have a mild reaction this time, and have a bigger reaction if you take it again. Hard to say. Why take the risk?

I frankly think that "experts" are sometimes arrogant and, therefore, quite reckless with a patient's care. There is no way that the Mayo doctor could have predicted how you might react. And don't forget that doctors don't know everything about drugs!!! That's why there are pharmacists (right, Mrs D?!).

I do what Celeste does and read the inserts before I go near a drug. Doctors in an ER have tried to give me drugs I was allergic to! I had to come up with the drug I could take. There are usually alternatives.

If anyone ever "offers" you Ketek/Telithromycin, do not take it! It has a black box warning for MGers.

Watch out for any delayed effects of the quinolone. I hope you'll feel back to your "normal" soon!

Annie