Need to take antibiotics. OK with concussion?
 

Sorry to be asking so many questions but I need to take antibiotics. 3 weeks since concussion.

Is there any info on what antibiotic are safe early in recovery? (I did a search here on site and found very little info)

Thanks

That's a very good question to ask your doctors..
If you have an infection that needs treatment, make sure the dr knows about all other meds & health issues in your case.

OP: I agree, discuss with MD.. Now I would NEVER take this class of abx drugs as I know 2 people in my life who have long term damage from taking them...

Fluoroquinolones Too Risky for Common Infections - Consumer Reports

I have NEVER read anything about antibiotics being contraindicated after a concussion.

What kind of infection do you have? Some antibiotics hit harder than others.

I had to take a few courses of antibiotics this past year. Eye surgery, hand surgery, hernia surgery, and toe surgery. The warranty ran out and the parts started falling off.

As an anxious person, be prepared for intestinal upset from antibiotics. The gut has almost as many nerve fibers as the brain. The nauseous feeling from trauma or stress is those intestinal nerves getting stimulated. Changing the bacterial balance in your gut could be uncomfortable.

OP: I'll add if any abx drugs are taken, I have always used probiotics to balance my system. I take probiotics almost daily anyway.

The medical science shows that taking probiotics after taking antibiotics is less beneficial than not taking probiotics. When probiotics are taken, the bacteria that grow are out of balance and create a competitive environment for the bacteria that need to get established.

When left to natural progression, the biotic culture in the gut restores to proper balance faster.

Consume fermented foods if you want to enhance the biotic balance. Kefir, yogurt, fermented vegetables (sauerkraut, etc) Avoid fermented soy/tofu. I has to much MSG like free glutamate.

Whatever OP decides this info suggests taking probiotics 2 hrs before or after taking abx drug.

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Hope you have not been too confused OP.

How bout flu shot? Its that time of year - any issue with concussion? Thanks

Not that I have read.

Kitt

antibiotics can make you dizzy depending on what antibiotic it is but it should be fine.

Is that a direct quote from a research paper? It seems awfully confused. Are you able to substantiate that statement because it goes against the grain of advice offered by GPs

No, it is not a direct quote. But, the information was found by reading a research paper. In fact, a few different research papers address this from different angles and come up with the same results.

Here is a direct quote "Compared to spontaneous post-antibiotic recovery, probiotics induced a markedly delayed and persistently incomplete indigenous stool/mucosal microbiome reconstitution and host transcriptome recovery toward homeostatic configuration,"

Yes, it goes against the grain of what GPs and many others claim.

My general surgeon knows it is true. She said to not waste money and effort with probiotics after or during a course of antibiotics after surgery.

The best treatment is autologous fecal microbiome transplant. Restore your gut flora with your own gut flora.

Some of us do know what we are talking/posting about.

The study results do fit with normal logic when you stop to consider it.

Just an FYI that our physicians have also always recommended using natural probiotics like organic kefir and pure, plain yoghurt, sauerkraut etc - this includes using them as gut biome restoratives when taking antibiotics. We were also told they should be used approx 2 hours after the antibiotic dose.

One of my family members deals with Crohn's Disease, and has from the outset been told to avoid those probiotic supplements, which seem to irritate his GIT intensely, and stick with the kefir, yoghurt and fermented foods, which he tolerates well.

Yeah !

kefir, yogurt, and fermented foods.