Question for pharmacists

[Blackberry Smoke]

My dad (89 years old) was prescribed Doxycycline today for possible cellulitis. My understanding is it's a pretty strong antibiotic. Would it help for him to take some probiotics or anything else you'd recommend to keep his gut in balance to offset the antibiotic's common side effect of diarrhea etc?

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

My dad (89 years old) was prescribed Doxycycline today for possible cellulitis. My understanding is it's a pretty strong antibiotic. Would it help for him to take some probiotics or anything else you'd recommend to keep his gut in balance to offset the antibiotic's common side effect of diarrhea etc?

Doxy is common for malaria. I never got the runs.

 

[Airport]

My dad (89 years old) was prescribed Doxycycline today for possible cellulitis. My understanding is it's a pretty strong antibiotic. Would it help for him to take some probiotics or anything else you'd recommend to keep his gut in balance to offset the antibiotic's common side effect of diarrhea etc?

Try other board. It's a tetracycline drug. Not many side effects I'm aware of.