i just started my iv roceph and i want to know if i can still take my im bicillin with it
thanks for yout input Guys Scott
Posted by coltman (Member # 21272) on :
yeah.
Posted by LSG Scott (Member # 21624) on :
thanks Coltman anyone else out here ever done both at the same Time?
Happy Thanks Guys
Posted by swachsler (Member # 18155) on :
i think it's pretty unusual but i am doing rocephin 2 g 2xday, 4 days on, 3 days off. i noticed pretty fast i went downhill on my off days, so i asked llmd if i could do bicillin on days 1 and 3 of the off days and she said yeah. i think it's been helping. sharon
Posted by coltman (Member # 21272) on :
quote:Originally posted by swachsler: i think it's pretty unusual but i am doing rocephin 2 g 2xday, 4 days on, 3 days off. i noticed pretty fast i went downhill on my off days, so i asked llmd if i could do bicillin on days 1 and 3 of the off days and she said yeah. i think it's been helping. sharon
Interesting that you slip back so fast. Rocephin has 5-6hours half life afair, so yeah in 3 days off it would be out of your system. But I didnt think you could feel bad so fast. Benzathine Penicillin (LA version) actually stays off in the system for very long time ( up to a month). So you can do only one shot on the off day or use short acting version (it actually reaches much higher concentration in the blood , but is out of your system in a day)
Another thing is you could use probenecid - it inhibits excretion both for penicillin and ceftriaxone
Posted by Mathias (Member # 5298) on :
Both meds work thru similar mechanisms so it seems like a different class would be more logical, but if it is working I wouldn't rock the boat.