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Looking at some recent posts about NSAIDS - this could be counter productive. Is this correct ?

Finally, I asked the Doc for antibiotics to kill the Klebsiella, so was prescribed cofalexin. Anyone experience of this ?



Yes, NSAIDs are counterproductive; we are trying to heal the tract and these do the exact opposite.

WOW! Good move on the antibiotics. This is the right class of agent, but I have never used cofalexin, specifically. My regimen calls for 11 days at 1g/day (I weigh 13 stone and a few pebbles). Usually, by day4 the AS flare 'clears up,' if I have been really good. The problem with antibiotics this strong is that they can also cause a flare by stripping away the gut mucosa and it is important to do anti-candidiasis things after taking these, especially implanting the new bacteria using yoghurt with live active cultures or, if you react to yoghurt, probiotics can accomplish the same thing. I can send to you the full regimen, if you are interested, but the Cipro/Levaquin that I used probably wiped out long-established colonies and that can also cause a flare known as the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction.

What I am saying is that you might continue having AS problems for some time, also due to the antibiotics--but over the long-term you would be much better, if all else goes right.

Cheerio,
John

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