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I posted this on here a moment ago, but as a reply so I am not sure where it went.
My husband contracted c diff in the hospital…and began a years long battle with it. Eventually had a fecal transplant which took care of it for a while. But with frequent hospitalizations and antibiotics (he has multiple health issues resulting in kidney infections and sepsis) we seldom were off of the vancomycin —-and rarely got to the “taper” part.
We were at the point of wanting another fecal transplant, but during covid, obtaining “clean” fecal matter was a problem. His infectious disease doctor recommended trying kefir and a Vancomycin taper, sending us a study (small, and maybe a pre-study-I tried to find exactly what she sent us, but I believe the link above is it or discusses it).
The conclusion of the small study was that it was as effective or almost as effective as a fecal transplant.
He took 5 oz of Lifeway kefir 4x a day, and did the Vancomycin taper. It worked. He still takes kefir twice daily, and I eventually ordered kefir grains online and began making my own as the store was sometimes out of it. (Homemade is supposed to have twice the probiotics in it)
It has been at least two years now that he has been free of c. Diff.
Recently I was on an antibiotic that gave me diarrhea so I started taking 4 oz of kefir daily….it helped.
I hope this helps someone out there…c.diff is a terribly difficult thing to get rid of.
