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My question is regarding irritable bow syndrome caused by intestinal bacterial overgrowth. When i was in America a few years ago, my doctor prescribed me rifaximin (Xifaxan) for 7 days to treat small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). I am currently in a country that doesn't have rifaximin. Can you please help me with some alternatives that work as well as rifaximin. I am currently in the country of Israel which has most drugs but for some reason doesn't have rifaximin.
Thank you in advance for you help.
Answer Shalom Pal,
Rifaximin is used to treat travellers diarrhea caused by bacterial overgrowth. Other latermatives that may be vailable in Israel are Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline, or Bactrim.
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Eric Brandt, B.Sc. Pharm
