Hello,
Thank you for your query at DoctorSpring.com
I understand your concern.
It seems like you picked up a gastroenteritis and that has not been treated properly. Probiotics does help, but the first focus should be to control the infection. Yes your family memebers also ate the same thing, but sometimes these infections happen out of the blue, there are so many germs around and the gut immunity is different for different people.
I will advise you to continue the BRAT diet and once you take the medicines i am prescribing now, the diarrhea should stop in 2-3 days. Then you can go back to your normal diet so that you feel fit for your hockey season.
1) Tab. Loperamide SOS to control the frequency of diarrhea, can be taken once every 6 hours if required.
2) Tab. Ciplox 500 mg twice daily for 5-7 days, till the diarrhea subsides.
3) Tab. Lactobacillus ( Probiotics ) twice a day.
4) Drink plenty of water. 3-4 liters recommended.
Kindly take the above mentioned medicines, and you will recover in 2-3 days.
Regards.
Patient replied :
Thank you for your response - my girlfriend works for London Drugs pharmacy and says these are all prescription drugs. How would i go about getting them if an email wont work as a "doctors note".
Hello,
Thanks for your reply.
Yes unfortunately i don't have the provision of providing a prescription online. Kindly consult your local physician to write a precription for the same. You do need antibiotics and unfortunately that needs your local physician's prescription. Loperamide will be available as OTC. Only for Ciplox, you need prescription.
Regards.