antibiotics and rls

will antibiotics exacerbate my RLS, what can i take for an infection

[Hidden]

Antibiotics may make RLS. worse. It depends on the individual one.

What you can take for a bacterial infection depends on what the infection is.

The treatment for most common viral infections is symptomatic, antibiotics won't work.

[FLAME43 in reply to Hidden]

thank you Minerva, will the infection just take its course (Bladder)

[Hidden in reply to FLAME43]

Cystitis can be treated with potassium citrate mixture, but you'd best ask a doctor really.

[DicCarlson]

I would avoid fluoroquinolone antibiotics - commonly prescribed for urinary and prostate infections (nasty tendon ruptures, etc). The latest black box warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration - consider the use only for a life and death situation. Here is some info on more natural treatments for UTIs...

draxe.com/health/home-remed...

[FLAME43 in reply to DicCarlson]

thank you so much will seek alternative

[FLAME43 in reply to FLAME43]

will do, heartwarming to get aadvice from you all almost makes me feel totally better

[LoisTonya]

I had four courses of different antibiotics one after the other(all for different things). Knowing that they destroy intestinal bacteria I ate plenty of live yoghourt but it made me feel sick and my RLS deteriorated so I bought some probiotic pills. I still felt lousy and my RLS was really bad. I looked up probiotics and RLS and learned that there is a condition, SIBO, which is an overgrowth of intestinal bacteria and causes RLS so I’ve learned something about the cause of my RLS. Since stopping the yoghourt and probiotics I’m a lot better. Now, how do I reduce my intestinal bacteria?