If you have ever eaten antibiotics in your lifetime or do so in the future, then you need to know what taking a single antibiotic dose can do to your gut. A new study has the answers to what people ...

Antibiotics can save lives, but they can also cause side effects. Consumer Reports outlines what parents should know about reactions to antibiotics and when to take your child to the emergency room.

Ciprofloxacin is a generic prescription drug used to treat certain bacterial infections. It’s also available as the brand-name drug Cipro. Ciprofloxacin can cause side effects that range from mild to ...

Antibiotics can cause digestive side effects like stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea. Eating certain foods or taking supplements may provide relief. Antibiotics are powerful medications that treat ...

Scientists have a lead in the ever-more-urgent hunt for antibiotics that can combat multidrug-resistant bacteria—and this one is a throwback. In a PLOS Biology article published May 16, a team of ...

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ratcheted up its warning about the potential side effects of a class of commonly-prescribed powerful antibiotic, including the drug known by the ...

Bactrim and Bactrim DS (sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim) are brand-name drugs prescribed to treat or prevent certain infections. As with other drugs, Bactrim and ...

Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics for certain types of colitis, such as ulcerative colitis and ischemic colitis. While antibiotics help with symptoms, there may be some adverse effects. Colitis ...