[Article] Aug 2022 : c diff FMT treatment recommended by nice for NHS patients

[godlovesatrier]

The Guardian: NHS patients struggling with superbugs to be offered poo transplants.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...6sBKg4IACoGCAowl6p7MN-zCQ&utm_content=bullets

"The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), the health regulator, has given the green light for a faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) to be offered to people who have been treated for two or more Clostridium difficile (C diff) infections without success."

 

[hapl808]

I'm still unclear why the FDA and now NHS only approve FMT for C Diff in the case of multiple recurrences treated unsuccessfully by antibiotics. FMT seems to have minimal risks and side effects compared to aggressive antibiotics. So the approach seems to be: let's use every technique we have to develop superbugs and if that's successful and we end up with antibiotic resistant bugs only then will we try FMT.

 

[godlovesatrier]

It's dumb right?! That was my thought also.

 

[ruben]

I did have FMT in 2015. As well as ME/CFS I do have significant gut problems of bloatedness and nausea. So IBS in other words. In actual fact my digestive symptoms are my biggest problem. The FMT sadly did nothing for these symptoms. And it was around £4000.!!!!