Need help fitting in abx, antifungal, vitamins and bentonite

[lismom]

Trying to find the best time of day to give all the vitamins,abx,antifungal and detox. The bentonite clay has to be away from everything for atleast an hour or more, do you give this at night? Thanks, kathy

[MomWithOCDSon]

It is a puzzle! The bentonite, I find, is especially difficult to time.

 

We do abx, vitamins, supplements and probiotics in the morning, at breakfast. Then he gets another round of supplements and probiotics at dinner, and, typically, another round of probiotics at bedtime.

 

Initially, we were using the liquified bentonite clay, though we've never used it daily. This we were advised to give on an empty stomach, so we were doing it first thing in the morning, typically only about 30 minutes before breakfast and other meds. Didn't see any ill effects from dosing it that way. My understanding is that the clay basically bypasses the stomach and moves straight to the intestines/colon, so, unless you're dealing with sublingual supplements, it's going to get to the gut in advance of the other medications, no matter what, don't you think? I'm not sure an hour is adequate time, even.

 

Lately, instead of the liquid, we've been using these clay capsules; the instructions on these advise that you take them at bedtime and allow the clay to work overnight. Again, we're not seeing any ill effects in terms of DS missing out on any of the benefits of other drugs and supplements this way though, once again, it's not something we do daily -- only every 3 or 4 days or so.

[SSS]

I try to give the probiotics at least 2 hours away from the antibiotics- otherwise, I was told, the antibiotics will just kill off the probiotics.

[MomWithOCDSon]

I try to give the probiotics at least 2 hours away from the antibiotics- otherwise, I was told, the antibiotics will just kill off the probiotics.

Abx will kill off some, but not all, beneficial bacteria. Unfortunately, some of the most common -- acidolpholus, found in yogurt and kefir -- are killed by abx. But lactobillus (Culturelle brand name) and sach boulardis (Florastor is one brand) aren't killed off by abx so can be dosed simultaneously.

 

Still, I'm sure it is probably most beneficial to dose them with some time apart for maximum life span of the bacteria. But if push comes to shove and dosing opportunities are sparse, choosing one of those two probiotics can help the crunch.