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Well, Tootsie had a major setback! As you probably know, she's on a monthly maintenance dose of Xifaxan for Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). She has done amazingly well this past year while on this regimen, but at her last GI appointment in December her GI doctor (and my hubby and I) thought it would be a good idea to try to space the intervals out to every 2 months. The dietician thought she needed to gain a little weight and recommended whole milk with cream several times a day for added calories. Well...that was a recipe for disaster! We made it 6 weeks the first time around and Toots began to belch and pass gas frequently, and ended up back on Miralax. She had been off of it since April of 2011. We treated her with the maintenance dose of Xifaxan and she seemed to feel okay...still burping and farting, and needing Miralax, but seemed like she was plugging along okay and was her happy little self. Well, we tried to push it 8 weeks again and made it 6 weeks.