The Medicine Program

After being on and off quite a few antibiotics during the first half of 2006, I was hammered with yeast infections. I had always heard that if you take acidophilus capsules or eat a cup of yogurt with each dose of antibiotics, it helps to keep the yeast infections at bay. To my understanding, it’s the live cultures in these two items that is depleted and therefore, you are susceptible to the yeast infection. So, in order to get the good bacteria back into your system, and to prevent a yeast infection, you take either of the two. I have tried the yogurt before, but that still did not keep me from getting the yeast infection. So, I decided to try two acidophilus capsules with every dose of antibiotic. Once my antibiotics were all taken, I still took two capsules in the morning and two capsules at night for an extra 5 days. This seemed to have done the trick! Just make sure, you check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking the acidophilus capsules. They also have acidophilus milk and acidophilus chewable tablets, if you prefer those instead of swallowing a capsule!
Beth S., Oklahoma

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