 [ Symptoms ] 3 days after 5 days of flagyl cipro treatment i am now suffering off and on loose stools for 8 days when will it go away i was given this medication for a possible bacterial diarreha had terrible side effects throughout the first 5 days they all started once i was done with the drug now it has been 10 days i am done with treatment and i am having off and on lose stools no more explosive diarreha and not more than twice a day  what is the best way to improve this besides taking probiotics and when should i start having normal bowel movements [ Disease ] there could be a couple of things going on first antibiotics can cause diarrhea that diarrhea usually goes away once you stop the antibiotic taking probiotics may help you can get probiotics either by eating yogurt look for live active cultures on the label or by taking probiotic supplements for supplements look for these probiotics    saccharomyces boulardii and lactobacillus gg    as they may work the best probiotics for diarrhea <link> however another concern is that you could have a condition called clostridium difficile also called c diff which is an infection that happens after you take antibiotics cipro is one of the antibiotics that more commonly causes c diff we see this more in people treated with antibiotics in the hospital however it can happen in anyone taking antibiotics c diff is often treated with one of the antibiotics you were on    flagyl clostridium difficile <link> if you try the probiotics for 2 3 days and that does not get rid of the diarrhea you need to let your doctor know as you may need other treatment also if the diarrhea gets worse or you develop new symptoms also let your doctor know hi did you require any further medicine i am having the same trouble after taking the two mentioned drugs plus barium for a ct scan