Interesting that in the last 2 weeks I've been off penicillin I've felt better. Maybe coincidental?

jaretj

started doxycycline two days ago. Persistent, but, not too bad cough, and, got a tick bite. Doc said that the meds would cover me in case of Lyme's and anything bacterial (URI). Was actually doing good times at the track and in the pool, but, now energy is down a notch.

I'll bet it seems weird to read about a guy worried about a tick bite in February, I'm in CA. So, for those freezing your fannys off back east. At least ya got that going for you - which is nice!

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I think most who have posted so far have confused training while sick or recovering from an illness with training while taking antibiotics. Invariably, I train and feel better while taking antibiotics than I did the week or more prior because the antibiotics are helping me get over a bacterial infection. I have often noticed that I did not really appreciate how lousy I was feeling until after I have been taking antibiotics and begin to get better. David K

im about to go on a 7 day course of antibiotics (penicillin) for a simple skin infection, so ill keep everyone posted on what it does to my training. Having said that im due for a recovery week next week and im counting down the days because im feeling it atm

Yes I agree.

I'm talking about the impact of antibiotics not being sick.

I've had to be on them twice in the past 6 months and noticed a significant drop (30-40 watts) for a given heart rate. So it feels much harder to do normal numbers than it normally does until about a week or two later when it's all flushed out.

The bulk of dental abx are probably avoidable. What issues are you having? What type of dentist is prescribing the antibiotics?

I had a tooth that needed to be removed. It had a root canal ~20 years ago and the bone around the roots was receding. Along with that, there was (what the dentist described as) a small pimple on my gum near the roots.

I of course could not see it but I'm not a dentist either. In order to get one of the roots out they had to dig into the jawbone to get at it.

Because of the infection around the root sockets he prescribed the antibiotic.

jaretj

I ran the NYC Marathon on my last day of antibiotics. Needless to say I didn't PR; I felt very dehydrated and it honestly took a toll on my for a couple of days afterwards. I wouldn't do it again & I wouldn't recommend it. YMMV though.
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Yes, yes YES! I learned this the hard way back in '09 and '10, a year of hell. Antibiotics do a number on your system. Load up on fruit, veggies and fiber to feed the remaining "good" bacteria in your colon. Avoid sugar (obviously) as it feeds the "bad" bacteria. Then eat as much probiotics as possible: fermented kombucha, sauerkraut, yogurt, etc. You need to ingest a lot of it because your stomach acid will kill most of it before it gets to your colon.

On day 3 of a Zpac of antibiotics, plus 4 days of single dose steroid and an inhaler. Hoping by Saturday as I land in Cozumel I will have full lung capacity back and get some training in. Rented a QR and looking forward to riding the IM course. Feeling better already on day 3.

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