Title: Which antibiotics cause constipation? - Quora
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Which antibiotics cause constipation?
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Helga Ignateva
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Answered 4 years ago · Author has 185 answers and 465K answer views
Potentially any antibiotic can cause constipation, nausea and diarrhea because they kill not only the dangerous bacteria, fungus or viruses, but also the bacteria in your bowels that help you digest your food and irritate your stomach walls. The longer you take antibiotics and the higher the dosage is the higher the risk of getting these unpleasant side effects. You can reverse the negative effects antibiotics have on your digestive system by eating foods with live digestive bacteria (like natural yogurt) or/and taking some fiber supplements in pill form (like inulin) during the course of treat
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Potentially any antibiotic can cause constipation, nausea and diarrhea because they kill not only the dangerous bacteria, fungus or viruses, but also the bacteria in your bowels that help you digest your food and irritate your stomach walls. The longer you take antibiotics and the higher the dosage is the higher the risk of getting these unpleasant side effects. You can reverse the negative effects antibiotics have on your digestive system by eating foods with live digestive bacteria (like natural yogurt) or/and taking some fiber supplements in pill form (like inulin) during the course of treatment with antibiotics and for a week after the end of the treatment. That is what usually helps me when I take antibiotics for my chronic sinusitis. Pipi Chick
, personal experience with own child, frequent reading articles and self education
Answered 5 years ago · Author has 140 answers and 805.6K answer views
Typically, antibiotics don’t generally cause constipation rather they cause diarrhea. With this being said, there are medicines that do cause constipation.