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Hi I have to go on antibiotics today unfortunately as have tonsillitis really bad! I’m on hc and levo /T3 combination.

Does anyone know how I should take the antibiotics to minimise effects of effecting hormone uptake? Any other suggestions? Also any advice on gut tememdiea for afterwards?

Thank you

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Dee8686

You should take your antibiotics as far away from your thyroid hormone as possible.

Also, as antibiotics destroy good bacteria as well as bad, you should take a probiotic if you don't already take one. It's recommended to take probiotics whilst taking antibiotics (not at the same time though) and for one month after finishing the course of antibiotics.

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Thank you x

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I agree with SeasideSusie, you need to take a probiotic every day. I used d to take them after I had finished antibiotics but my husband discovered probiotics that were designed to be taken at the same time and that seemed to work for him. Think it was one of these. I use probiotics and am happy with them. They don’t live in the fridge so I always remember to take them. When they were hidden away in cold storage I often forgot. optibacprobiotics.co.uk/faq...

If you can eat sauerkraut and natural yoghurt then that is supposed to help and I’ve found this site with more good for your gut foods - if you google you will find loads more ideas

pcrm.org/media/online/sept2...

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Dee8686 in reply toFruitandnutcase

Thank you x

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Hi, this sounds like an old wives tale, but a good thing to do to restore gut health after antibiotics, is stewed apples with the skins on. Here is the background and recipe - it's from Dr Micheal Ash. You eat 1-2 portions of this every day for a week after finishing the antibiotics.

clinicaleducation.org/resou...

There's a video of him chatting to possibly Chris Kresser about this but I couldn't find it, sorry!

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Thanks!

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Fruitandnutcase in reply toDee8686

Big thanks from me too. Stewed apples with their skins sounds much more appealing than some of the other gut friendly foods.

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