Probiotics a good match with antibiotics in kids
13th October 2016
Young children prescribed antibiotics should be given probiotics as a matter of course, research suggests.
According to the latest evidence, probiotics lessen the odds of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in children, and come with few if any side effects.
A Cochrane review of 23 randomised trials with almost 4000 paediatric patients found those given probiotics had a less than 10% risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, compared with the controls