Ampicillin & Pouchitis

Ampicillin is very closely related to Amoxicillin, which is what's in Augmentin. That is a fairly popular drug used to treat pouchitis when antibiotic rotation is needed. I believe Augmentin is a bit more wide spectrum than Ampicillin as it contains clavulanate potassium, which is effective against killing bacteria that is resistant to penicillin.

Thanks that is good to know. I have not tried Augmentin and will ask my doctor to prescribe that to me so I can rotate it with the Cipro. I have been taking Cipro for many years and it isn't working anymore but my doctor still wants me to take it. He gave me flagyl too but that never worked for me.

I have another question, Since I have been taking the Cipro for many years do you think if I take the augmentin for a little while and then switch back to the Cipro that the Cipro will work again?

Alysia,

Keeping them in rotation and waiting longer periods in between should allow them to be effective much longer, however, in my experience, after almost 3 years of rotating with Cipro, it doesn't seem to do much at all for me anymore. The first couple of days seem good, but then it's kind of done. I didn't take it for almost 4 months and then tried it again, and it was kind of worthless. Hope it keeps working for you!

Thanks and sorry Cipro doesn't work for you anymore. I fear the same for me.