“why hasn’t anyone noticed that obese people on antibiotics suddenly lose weight? (I’m guessing they don’t.)”
Well,,,, people don’t usually take antibiotics for a very long time. Mine is 3X/day, for 7 days. Might not be long enough to see much difference. And bacteria can grow back at a very high rate. May need to “target” the meds differently,,, say with an enteric capsule that doesn’t dissolve in the stomach? I’m not really a doctor, but when I was a kid, I played doctor with the neighbor’s daughter.
Well, if anti-biotics will cure it, it shouldn’t take long for them to prove it.