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by beltranrm 4192 days ago
Another option is to skip the antibiotic and use a probiotic to nudge your microbiome toward healthier regions. I am aware of two modern probiotics that might help you:

repoopulate - http://www.microbiomejournal.com/content/1/1/3

equilibrium - http://www.generalbiotics.com

Both of them are designed thinking of ecosystems more than individual strains (repoopulate has 33 strains, equilibrium has 115). Of course, these aren’t an alternative to FMT if you’re treating a disease… but for general health/wellness I think they’re both quite good.

disclosure: I worked on equilibrium