People who take opioids for pain relief for extended periods of time may need higher doses to ease their pain. They may develop tolerance to the drug and experience withdrawal symptoms if the medication is abruptly stopped. They become physically dependent on the drug.
Antibiotics most likely to cause C. diff infections are clindamycin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, and cephalosporins, and to a lesser extent, penicillin, erythromycin, and quinolones.
The most common antibiotics implicated in antibiotic-associated diarrhea are amoxicillin-clavulanate, ampicillin, and cefixime; however, other antibiotics may lead to this side effect, including cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones (e.g., side effects of Cipro antibiotic), azithromycin (e.g., Z Pak), clarithromycin (Biaxin), erythromycin, and tetracycline. 2 Probiotics such as Saccharomyces boulardii have been shown to be effective in helping to prevent antibiotic associated diarrhea in children ...