Antibiotics and Hunger?

CricketClover
CricketClover Posts: 388 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am currently on a round of antibiotics (Clarithromycin ER) and also prednisone. I took my last dose of prednisone yesterday and have a few more days of antibiotics. I have been experiencing extreme hunger, I can eat something substantial and feel severe hunger pangs right away like I haven't eaten all day. I am also taking probiotics because antibiotics always makes me sick. Has anyone else experienced extreme hunger from antibiotics, maybe it is just unhappy belly juices that feel like hunger? I thought it was the prednisone but it is just as bad today when I haven't taken it. This is making it hard to stay within my calories!

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  • comptonelizabeth
    comptonelizabeth Posts: 1,701 Member
    Antibiotics always upset my gut and that can sometimes feel like hunger . Or maybe you were eating less when you were unwell and making up for lost time now!
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    Prednisone can increase your hunger. It should work its way out of your system in the next week.
  • AmandaDanceMore
    AmandaDanceMore Posts: 298 Member
    My guess is the hunger comes from the prednisone. Steroids often make the patient VERY hungry.
  • CricketClover
    CricketClover Posts: 388 Member
    Thanks for the replies. The prednisone causing the hunger makes more sense for sure.
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