Am I lactose intollerant?

Lactose Intollerant - prescribed antibiotics with Lactose?

• I am lactose intollerant and was recently prescribed Antibiotics with lactose in them (a diff doctor) i had a week from hell while i was taking them obviously. It has been about 6 ...show more

• Answer:

  You may want to check with your doctor, because that doesn't sound like it's still from lactose in the antibiotic. Antibiotics can lead to diarrhea for other reasons- they destroy the good bacteria in the gut as well as the bacteria that they are supposed to go after. Sometimes, this creates an imbalance and causes diarrhea- you may need some probiotics to remedy this. If it's really severe (20 times a day six days after stopping sounds pretty severe!), it may even be something like a c.diff infection, which is often triggered by antibiotics, and that will need to be treated.