Rimfaximin seems to have helped my gut
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- quite a few years
- Published
- Dec 2015
Summary
After years of rolling gut pain, alternating bowel habits and frequent migraines, she took Rifaximin 400mg three times daily for 10 days, followed by five days of Azithromycin plus a probiotic and enzyme/fiber regimen. Following the Azithromycin course her "gut is hugely improved," with better fiber tolerance, resolved loose bowels, improved constipation and normalized stool color, and she says she is "very pleased" with how things are going as of her post.
What they credit
Credits Antibiotics, Supplements, Doxycycline and other antibiotics, Probiotics and fermented foods, Rifaximin / Xifaxan.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Gut problems, Headaches & migraine, Pain & fibromyalgia.
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