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#1

A number of us have had improvements on antibiotics. Please post your experience with antibiotics including:

  1. What kind of antibiotic?
  2. How long were you on it?
  3. What improvements or changes did you have if any?
  4. If it worked how long did it take to have effect?
  5. When stopping how long did it take for the effects to wear off?
  6. A brief history of symptoms
  7. Presumed reason for taking antibiotic

Thanks

This could be very helpful as I’ve had improvements in the past.

#2

I’ll start.

  1. Was on doxycycline and at one time cipro
  2. Doxy - 2 and a half years. Cipro - 4 weeks
  3. Improvements i had were - return of normal looking penis, better sleep, less fatigue but still had a fair degree of, some libido. Both worked - but cipro caused some tendon issue so i stopped that.
  4. Took about 3 weeks to take effect
  5. Improvements slowly got lost normally 2 weeks after stopping although since i stopped doxy recently it took about 2 months before i hit rock bottom again.
  6. Suffer crippling fatigue, low libido, erectile dysfunction, shrinkage, visual issues, brain fog
  7. Urologist performed PR exam on me and my prostate was painful - put me on antibiotics - i improved somewhat.
#3
  1. Cipro (fluoroquinolone antibiotic)
  2. On and off for 2 years
  3. Greater urinary force, increased libido, no lower back pain, complete emptying of bladder, cessation of prostate spasms
  4. Two days to take effect
  5. Hard to say. I’m guessing about 1-2 mths
  6. The reverse of #3 above and epidymyitis (most recent time)
  7. Urinary Tract Infection and/or suspected Prostatis

Libido increase is worth investigating.

#4
  1. amoxicillin, cipro, doxy (currently)
  2. amoxicillin - 3 weeks. cipro - 6 days (stopped after developping bilateral tendonitis). doxy - on my 5th day.
  3. no improvements so far with doxy. amox did nothing, and perhaps I felt a little better with Cipro.
  4. nop.
  5. nop.
  6. prostatitis, penile pain, etc…
  7. prostatitis.
#5
  1. cipro,
  2. ten days
  3. huge improvement. got me to 85 percent.
  4. 3 days
  5. week
  6. prostatitis, penile pain, etc…
  7. prostatitis.
#6

  1. What kind of antibiotic?
    Cipro/amox

  2. How long were you on it?
    Cipro 1 month and half (2 pills a day 500)
    Amox 10 days (2 p day 500)

  3. What improvements or changes did you have if any?
    an overall 30% improvement with Cipro
    nothing with amox

  4. If it worked how long did it take to have effect?
    half month

  5. When stopping how long did it take for the effects to wear off?
    i keep the improvement, but my sides fluctuates from bad to good period. Recently good periods seems last longer

  6. A brief history of symptoms
    low libido\little numbness
    prostate discomfort
    bit of penis shrinkage

  7. Presumed reason for taking antibiotic?
    infection

  8. kind of bacteria?
    Corynebacterium

#7

  1. What kind of antibiotic?
    Doxycycline and amoxicillin

  2. How long were you on it?
    1.5 weeks on doxycycline - developed bad side effects and finished out 1.5 weeks of amoxicillin

  3. What improvements or changes did you have if any?
    Nothing with the exception of normal ejaculate after the first day I was on doxycycline - positive effects disappeared shortly thereafter

  4. If it worked how long did it take to have effect?
    N/A

  5. When stopping how long did it take for the effects to wear off?
    N/A

  6. A brief history of symptoms
    Erectile dysfunction, genital insensitivity, watery/reduced ejaculate, borderline low DHT levels

  7. Presumed reason for taking antibiotic
    Unrelated bacterial infection

#8

  1. What kind of antibiotic? Flucloxacillin.

  2. How long were you on it? 10 days.

  3. What improvements or changes did you have if any? No improvements.

  4. If it worked how long did it take to have effect? N/A

  5. When stopping how long did it take for the effects to wear off? N/A

  6. A brief history of symptoms - Brain fog, fatigue, ed, loss of sex drive.

  7. Presumed reason for taking antibiotic - Precaution after minor surgery.

#9

What dosage did people take Ciprofloxacin at ? Is it best to take it at the highest dosage ?

#10

Just being reading up about Ciprofloxacin it seems to be a very dangerous drug like Finasteride.

I dont think its worth the risk of taking it.

youtube.com/watch?v=XmnWaS3SW2k

#11

Geez, that guy seems to have been destroyed.

As a victim of FIN, I certainly won’t judge him. He took it for 63 days which is alot.

I never had problems with this med but obviously shit can happen on Cipro.

#12

The whole pharmaceutical industry seems to be pure evil they kill thousands of people every year with drugs that are known to cause harm.

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#13

Old topic but I found it by searching for antibiotics because I recently took some and noticed an uptick in my libido. Others have too it seems. Anyone else?

#14

What kind did you take? I believe minocycline induces or increases 5ar activity, but if my memory is correct it is only in the mouth. I have been on minocycline before, during, and after the initial estrogen dominance crash (aka “pfs crash”). Anything that lowers estrogen will give you a boost, our problems are estrogen dominance, the estrogen must be blocked or killed as we do not have the cycle of 5ar enzymes and dht to regulate and kill off our estrogen. So there are all sorts of supplements and drugs that may boost 5ar sctivity which will produce some dht which will kill estrogen. The key is getting that cycle going again by lowering estrogen.

#15

Sorry I’ll answer the questions.

  1. What kind of antibiotic?
    Azithromycine
  2. How long were you on it?
    3 days
  3. What improvements or changes did you have if any? Higher libido
  4. If it worked how long did it take to have effect?
    24 hours
  5. When stopping how long did it take for the effects to wear off?
    24 hours
  6. A brief history of symptoms
    low libido, low sensitivity
  7. Presumed reason for taking antibiotic
    hair transplant
#16

Bump. Any new experiences with antibiotics guys?

#17

I’ve been on Rifaximin on and off for SIBO and it seems to restore my normality. I feel amazing while on it and sometimes afterwards but it’s always temporary, sadly.