 [ Symptoms ] how to treat intestinal virus if antibiotics do not work i have had an intestinal virus since nov 30 diarrhea is the main symptom and it is going on the 3rd month well after a month of constant diarrhea i took the antibiotic cipro for ten days my stools got back to normal for 5 days once of the meds within two days i was back to dealing diarrhea once more and it has continued to this point feb 10th i have supplemented with probiotics 50 billion morning and night eaten sauerkraut kimchi plain kefir and yogurt oregano oil what next [ Disease ] antibiotics do not do anything if it is a virus all they do is kill off your bacteria which in this case are your helpful gut bacteria that is going to make your diarrhea worse you are doing right by taking probiotics and the priobiotic foods you mentioned if your doctor prescribed antibiotics ask them if it really was a virus if it was they business prescribing   because antibiotics do not touch viruses for a natural help for viruses you can try eating a lot of garlic it is best taken raw chopped up and swallowed with water to cut the taste it is one of the few natural antivirals