Second theraphy failed next Quadruple T. need advise
Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 4:16 am
Hello,
I was diagnosed with HP in Feb 2018 , Initial I had a 7 day treatment, few months after I had an endoscopy that show negative so I assumed I was cured.
This Feb 2019 exactly a year later I was tested again and It was positive , so my doctor gave me the same 1st treatment but this time for 14 days :
-Prevacid 30mg
-Clarithromycin 500mg
-Amoxiciling 500MG.
I finished the treatment at the beginning of March and I had a breath test 3 weeks ago which showed I will have HP. I don't have any symptoms, in fact I was almost sure I didn't have it because I feel pretty good , I eat everything no pain no reflux nothing... because of no symptoms I asked my Dr. to send me for a stool test to make sure the breathing test was correct and last week the results of the stool test showed positive for HP
I am start thinking that maybe I got resistance to the amoxicillin since I took it in different occasions for other reason, but my doctor told me that my next option is a quadruple therapy and this is what he is prescribing:
-Tetracycline 250Mg
-Metronidazole 500MG
-Rabeprazole 20mg
-Peptobismol in tables.
I believe it is twice a day, not sure because he told me the pharmacist will tell me how to take it. But I am terrify of taking this medication specially when I don't have symptoms and feel pretty healthy. is there a chance that the endoscopy missed the HP and I was never cure so it is not really a infected case?? Is this quadruple prescription a good option after failing triple therapy?
My husdand and daughter were tested and they are negative, meanwhile I am so paranoid about passing the HP onto them. I am also so concern about eating outside, washing my hands thousand of times a day and I don't know why I can't get rid off this horrible bacteria.
I would like to make sure I am taking a therapy with high chances of eradication, my doctor told me he never seen someone failing Triple T. so I am worried he doesn't have enough experience with re-infected or resistance treatment …..
Any advise would be really appreciated.
I was diagnosed with HP in Feb 2018 , Initial I had a 7 day treatment, few months after I had an endoscopy that show negative so I assumed I was cured.
This Feb 2019 exactly a year later I was tested again and It was positive , so my doctor gave me the same 1st treatment but this time for 14 days :
-Prevacid 30mg
-Clarithromycin 500mg
-Amoxiciling 500MG.
I finished the treatment at the beginning of March and I had a breath test 3 weeks ago which showed I will have HP. I don't have any symptoms, in fact I was almost sure I didn't have it because I feel pretty good , I eat everything no pain no reflux nothing... because of no symptoms I asked my Dr. to send me for a stool test to make sure the breathing test was correct and last week the results of the stool test showed positive for HP
I am start thinking that maybe I got resistance to the amoxicillin since I took it in different occasions for other reason, but my doctor told me that my next option is a quadruple therapy and this is what he is prescribing:
-Tetracycline 250Mg
-Metronidazole 500MG
-Rabeprazole 20mg
-Peptobismol in tables.
I believe it is twice a day, not sure because he told me the pharmacist will tell me how to take it. But I am terrify of taking this medication specially when I don't have symptoms and feel pretty healthy. is there a chance that the endoscopy missed the HP and I was never cure so it is not really a infected case?? Is this quadruple prescription a good option after failing triple therapy?
My husdand and daughter were tested and they are negative, meanwhile I am so paranoid about passing the HP onto them. I am also so concern about eating outside, washing my hands thousand of times a day and I don't know why I can't get rid off this horrible bacteria.
I would like to make sure I am taking a therapy with high chances of eradication, my doctor told me he never seen someone failing Triple T. so I am worried he doesn't have enough experience with re-infected or resistance treatment …..
Any advise would be really appreciated.