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I don't have much interaction with my gastro but he's been prescribing me cipro when I ask for it. Flagyl gives me sides like sores.
I've taken a 10 day course and then about 13 days the second time. I have a 15 day prescription with six refills available.

I'm maybe a week off the last dose of cipro, maybe longer now. The other night I had some night sweats and didn't sleep well. Have some aching symptoms throughout the day, very mild though and goes away for periods of time. Friday night I was very tired, then I slept about 12 hours and felt like I still didn't want to get out of bed. So it's subtle but I'm thinking the pouchitis was never fully eliminated from previous dosages.

Can a pouch just be irritated for extended periods and not be pouchitis? I made the mistake of getting a six pack of Guinness drought last weekend, a very dark irish beer and I think that angered my pouch quite a bit. I'm starting ot think the weekend binge sprees could be all my problems and setting it off over and over again :-/

I get nervous repeatedly taking anti biotics with only 1-2 weeks break between. Is it a big deal to keep taking cipro over and over? Since my symptoms are mild It's tempting to hold off a month before taking again, to reduce tolerance, but I've heard it's better to take sooner to knock out pouchitis earlier.

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Is it a big deal to keep taking cipro over and over?


I would recommend rotating it with other antibiotics if you have been taking it chronically. I have been doing so for 17 years.

The achiness you describe could actually be a side effect of cipro. In my case my pouchitis is never accompanied by achiness. I have no side effects from cipro or other antibiotics but others have reported similar types of issues. You might want to try another antibiotic or see if the issue persists when you go off cipro.
CTBarrister
I agree, and in addition, every problem we encounter is not necessarily related to the pouch. We can and do get everyday things like viral infections, stress related sleep disturbances, and ordinary fatigue and aches and pains. I would not take antibiotics unless you were having actual pouchitis symptoms, such as marked increase in frequency, urgency, and a feeling of incomplete emptying.

Jan Smiler
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