Fellow LC'ers,

I have just recently started a course of the antibiotic Erythromycin and am wondering if anyone knows if this affects weight loss. My current dose in 2g a day which is supposed to be quite high and I've got to stay on this dose for at least 3 months. My doctor told me that if I suffer any of the usual side-effects (nausea, vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhoea ) then I should eat nothing but yoghurt for the day. Apparently the antibiotics kill off all of the helpful digestive bacteris in the intestine, which can't be a good thing .

Has anyone else been on a course of antibiotics during Atkins and noticed any effects on weight loss???

I don't know about anti-biotics and weight loss. I don't see why there would be a conflict between the two though.

I really stopped in to say that if you're not into eating buckets of yogurt, you can buy the little critters that help get back your good bacteria in pill form. It's called acidophilus and you should be able to find it in most drug stores, definately in the health food store.

Hope you don't get sick from the medicine. Good luck!

Thanks for the info Angela. I'll keep my eye out for that acidophilus when I'm next out drug shopping!

The only problem with antibiotics is they may increase the chances of having a candidia overgrowth, this is why the doctor suggested yogurt. Candida can effect weight loss in the long term. Working to prevent it if you odn't have this problem might be a good idea.

Read the chapter on Yeast in DANDR and try following the candidia restricted diet, at least while on the antibiotics. Get probiotics from a health food store and take these on an empty stomach. Go ahead and get yogurt, just make sure it is whole milk unsweetened with at least 3-5 active cultures. You can usualy find StonyfieldFarms, Horizon, and Albertson's carries a brand called Mountain High Origional I just love the taste of.

Ahhh! I've just read the "Yeast Reactions" chapter in the good book and it says...



I've been on various different antibiotics for the last 5 years, so perhaps Candida overgrowth is indeed an issue. I think I'm gonna try to cut out cheese & mushrooms for a few weeks and start taking probiotics.

I have an infected abcess and have been taking anti-biotics for 6 days which has beat my three week 'stall'

Heh, I'm still recovering from an operation I had six weeks ago to fix up an abcess. Boy do these things take a long time to heal up!!

This is def not sceintific advice, but after my course of antibiotics haven't shifted this infected abcess I'm drinking a bottle of vodka, and so far it seems to be working!!!!!