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Topic: rifampin/biaxin and planquil combo

steelbone
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 14014

posted

Hi all
This is my new combo of meds. I will be taken this in the morning and at night. Of course with all kinds of supplements.

Any tricks on how i should take them.

Rifampin says to take on an empty stomach?

Thx all

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All The Best,
Paul
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The harder you work the luckier you get!

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steelbone
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Member # 14014

posted

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All The Best,
Paul
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The harder you work the luckier you get!

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mrpotto
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 15123

posted

I can only comment on Rifampin. Was on it for six months but not in combo with anything else. I feel it suppressed my condition but didn't get rid of it.

I'd be willing to give it another shot, perhaps in combo with the abx your on.

Chris

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dx in Dec 2003
tested 2x positive for bart
Lightly Chelating
3 weeks off abx and 1 week on:

10 day course a month: Plaq/Ceftin/Rifampin/Biaxin with Tindamax on last two days

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sixgoofykids
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Member # 11141

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The Biaxin tastes horrible, but you get used to it. In the beginning it was a bad enough taste that it would wake me up at night. Yuck. I took Biaxin for about 9 months.

I also have been taking Plaquenil since the beginning. It's a good drug ... mild cyst buster and makes the abx work better. Also is a mild anti-malarial.

I took Rifampin very briefly as a follow up to Levaquin last time .... be prepared to see strange colored urine ... it's normal for Rifampin.

Good luck, sounds like a good combo.

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peto
Member
Member # 14092

posted

Hi there,

I am still a 'newbie", but started treatment in Feb. of this year.

I began with Biaxin, Rifampin and Plaquenil, which was effective,

but I was having heart palpitations and racing heart.

i am now taking Levaquin instead of Rifampin, and seem to be

tolerating it. I started 6 days of Actos and then began Questran.

I now take Biaxin and Plaquenil on Monday, Wednesday and

Friday-only, and Levaquin and Questran daily.

Hoping to get better!

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steelbone
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 14014

posted

Thanks all for the replys. Last night was the 1st night. It was pretty tough. Woke up a few time's with tingling in my body.

Took it again this morning. Little nasaua and very cloudy feeling. Hope this goes away after a few days.

Also have some anexity. I typically get this when I 1st switch abx.

Thx to all [Smile]

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All The Best,
Paul
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The harder you work the luckier you get!

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