I’ve been researching [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metronidazole]Metronidazole[/url] and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefalexin]Cephalexin[/url] on the web and am feeling very nervous about taking it.
I’d like the blood and urine test results back before even thinking of going on this stuff.
[url=http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=68629.0]Metronidazole [/url] is Flagyl. One instruction is to always take it with a large glass of water which neither the doctor nor the pharmacist told me (not on instruction label on the box either).
Side effects that seems to be coming up that are worrying people (and definitely would alarm me) are peripheral neuropathy and some weird psychiatric / emotion/ cognitive symptoms.
Also what calathumpian said about the effects of changing bowel flora so dramatically and its long-term effects on health really worry me. Getting a ‘good’ mix in there seems to be a particularly valuable thing to have like having a great bread yeast.
Cephalin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. This medication is known as a cephalosporin antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria.
This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for virus infections (e.g. common cold flu).
This drug may also be used before dental procedures in patients with certain heart conditions (e.g. artificial heart valves) to help prevent serious infection of the heart (bacterial endocarditis).
Antibiotics work best when the amount of medicine in your body is kept at a constant level. Therefore take this drug at evenly spaced intervals.
Continue to take this medication until the full prescribed amount is finished even if symptoms disappear after a few days. Stopping the medication too early may result in a return of the infection.
Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.
Found this site: [url=http://symptoms.webmd.com/default.htm][b]WebMD Symptom Checker[/b][/url]
I went through selecting symptoms then it came up wit a list of conditions linked to those symptoms with links to information about each condition including links to treatments for each condition.
What a fantastic tool!!!
Treatment overview for diverticulitis includes: Changes in diet starting wtih a clear-liquid or bland diet that is low in fiber until the pain goes away then increasing the amount of fiber ( possibly even the use of regular fiber supplement). Although some people avoid nutsseeds berries and popcorn believing that these foods might get trapped in the diverticula and cause pain there is no evidence that they cause or worsen diverticulitis.