Re:Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors...
by mleonhard on Friday August 28, 2020 @05:57AM
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Why didn't she just get a fecal transplant?
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Re:Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors...
by Madmallard on Friday August 28, 2020 @06:19AM
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Because you can't. They're reserved for c-diff infections and there isn't much risk data on use cases outside of that such that regular providers won't give it the OK.
Re:Antibiotics nearly double risk of developing IBD, doctors...
by ineedasername on Saturday August 29, 2020 @12:48AM
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This was 20 years ago. While not brand new at the time, it wasn't very common.
A lot of work on FMT has only taken place in the last decade. I don't think there was even a randomized trial for it as a treatment method until the last 10 years.