Ibs flare after antibiotics

[Buginout]

Hi everyone,after what i thought was a bad flare up,i thought that maube it was a bowel bug,severe diareah,doctor gave me,flagyl,didnt help a bit,rang doc again,after a week on flagyl,next doc,says to go of that,and go on amoxilin,ok,that helped a bit,but this continued for 3 weeks,i only take probiotics now,and digestive enzymes,feel much better,but still have loose bowel movements,wtf is going ,when will it calm down!!!!!

[Superzob]

Could be a few weeks if your bowel is really upset. Flagyl and amoxycillin are both broad spectrum ABs, so will likely have altered your gut microbiome. Probiotics will help, but usually take time to work because, despite the seemingly large number of bacteria in them, they are "a drop in the ocean" compared to what's in the gut. They also tend to work indirectly, by helping the normal gut bacteria digest fibre, and those bacteria need time to repopulate the gut.

If you take ABs in future, it's often a good idea to take probiotics more than 2 hours before or after the AB - that way, the AB has been largely absorbed and the effect on the probiotic minimised, so the probiotic can provide some benefit.