The Library Brands All Products for Encyclopedia Health Concerns Vitamins, Minerals, etc. When antibiotics disturb bacteria in the colon, diarrhea can result.
Diarrhea reduces the absorption of all nutrients.
1 Placebo controlled studies have shown clinically and statistically significant results using Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus acidophilus as well as other probiotic microorganisms. 2 Bifidobacteria are sometimes used similarly. Saccharomyces Saccharomyces boulardii , a harmless yeast, has been shown to prevent diarrhea due to a variety of antibiotics in a double blind study. A total of 500 mg twice per day of the yeast was used in this study. The amount used was specified only as three tablets three times per day.