Augmentin, Diarreah,

[Blessedwifeandmom]

My son just started his first round of Antibiotics and it has made him have diarrhea. I gave him probiotics last night but he has had diarreah 2 times today. I'm curious if I should try Activated Charcoal to help ease his stomach discomfort. Also, should I discontinue his magnesium while he is having the diareah? Thanks. Timing info of Charcoal would be great to. Thanks.

 

Cindi

[MomWithOCDSon]

I've never used charcoal, but we are proponents of the "good yeast" probiotic in our house known as saccharomyces boulardii, or "sach b." It is well known for combatting diarrhea, and I don't think our DS would've made it through the year-long abx regimen without it!

[MichaelTampa]

Sorry, can't comment on the charcoal, no experience with that. But, you may need to go hard and heavy with the probiotics for a while. Sacch B, as Nancy mentioned above is a good one but not the only one. I use that along with other ones as well. Nystatin can help also if probiotics are not enough. I have had that issue for months now, and am starting to believe that parasites/worms are involved as well, they probably grew stronger when the antibiotics killed all the other things hanging out down there. There are other things I am taking and doing for the parasites that seem to be helping, but very slowly. It can be tricky!

[mama2alex]

We upped the probiotics and added Sacch B when my son started having diarrhea from the antibiotics. We also added bentonite clay AND charcoal for a while. All these together corrected the problem. I can't advise you on the magnesium, but our doctor said to take the charcoal away from other supps/meds/food. We've discontinued the charcoal but continued giving him bentonite clay, because the way he eats and the number of supps/meds he takes, there just aren't enough hours in the day.

[Stephanie2]

charcoal may assist in firming up the poop, I give it 1.5 to 2 hours away from other supps/meds.

If you give sac. b then you don't need to separate it from the antibiotics. If you give another probiotic then give it 1.5 to 2 hours away from antibiotics and charcoal. You may need to up those probiotics pretty high and keep them high for awhile after the high dose is done...