Metronidazole (Ayradia, Flagyl) is an antibacterial and antiprotozoal medication. It is usually used to treat diarrhea and infections caused by a parasite called giardia. The oral liquid formulation ...

May 8, 2012 — Probiotics appear to reduce risk for antibiotic-related diarrhea, although questions of which probiotics work best, with which antibiotics, or even how much probiotic someone needs to ...

August 18, 2009 — Kefir, a fermented milk product similar to yogurt but containing different fermentation microbes, may not prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea, according to the results of a double ...

June 13, 2002 -- The probiotics Lactobacilli and Saccharomyces boulardii were better than placebo in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea, according to a meta-analysis of 9 trials reported in the ...

The use of probiotics to prevent diarrhea was evaluated in a randomized trial of 135 hospitalized patients taking antibiotics (BMJ. 2007;335:80; full-text available ...

Antibiotics can cause digestive side effects like stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea. Eating certain foods or taking supplements may provide relief. Antibiotics are powerful medications that treat ...