question re antibiotic rotation

My doc has me on one antiB for 2 weeks, then i switch to the other, and then back.

my last doc had me rotating every two weeks with the hopes that you don't "wear out" the antibiotics and can keep using it in the next round of rotation.

Thanks - and were you bouncing between two antibiotics or did you have a wider rotation? We were bouncing between cipro and augmentin but hit a patch where neither worked. So just had 2 weeks of doxycylcine and felt like it was losing efficacy so going to try cipro again. When you hit the 2 week mark did you feel the antibiotics wearing off? And what antibiotics worked for you? THank you.

everyone is different as to what works for them but i followed lead of another jpoucher who rotated for 13 yeaars..

i rotated 4 antibiotics changed about every three weeks to a month..this way i left a good deal of time for it to work again..the 4 i rotated was leviquin,tindermax,keflex,xifaxin...however after about three years i felt xifaxin just did not work and replaced with augmentin..my experience was on occassion i only made two weeks on one and i would just move on..

I'm allergic to a lot of antibiotics. Most recently, I was rotating bactrim, xifaxan, oral vancomycin, and doxycyline. I also had tindamax for awhile. Last thing he has me do was rotate just one week for each. But also have had problems with a few of those on the list causing serious side effects. So right now on an antibiotic holiday and trying to figure out what to do next.

Thank you. I appreciate all your answers.