Advice for taking vanco?

[l_kelly]

Hi all,

I think we will be going ahead with vancomycin for my 7 year old daughter. She has very high strep titers and they identified an overgrowth of strep in her gut via stool sample.

 

Any advice/experience with giving this abx to a child? I believe they will want us to slowly work up the dosage. Side effects? Recommendations?

 

Thanks in advance,

Lisa

[AmberM]

We are currently using vanco longterm for my 3yr old dd with good results. She has a nasty recurrent clostridia infection that is preventing us from making any real progress. Unlike flagyl, we've never seen bad die-off with vanco, which is super nice. Our dr. was saying that since the oral form is non-systemic, it can be taken safely for long periods of time without worrying about stress on the liver. We're going to be using it for possibly a year straight just to give you an idea of what I mean by long term. Anyway, we've only seen good things with vanco for my dd.

-Amber