My 6 year old son started taking Rifampin 150mg twice daily last weekend. He had 2 doses and we stopped to determine if a rash he had was a side effect or herx. The llmd said it was a herx and restart the Rifampin. After the initial first 2 doses his urine was orange/red, as would be expected with this drug and actually my understanding is that is a good thing because you know the medication is being absorbed. However, after restarting the medication on Wednesday his urine is no longer orange/red? I have been giving the Rifampin an hour before eating to maximize absorbability and not interfere with his Biaxin. Does anyone know if urine needs to stay colored to assure correct absorption? From what I read on the internet it seems to imply that without colored urine the medication is not optimally absorbed? Thanks.
Posted by Sammi (Member # 110) on :
When I took Rifampin, I had orange urine only in the very beginning of treatment. I felt like it was a great antibiotic for me, so I believe it was absorbed well even though my urine was no longer orange.
You could ask your pharmacist or doctor.
Posted by Camom (Member # 30994) on :
Thank you. The pharmacist was clueless and lets just say I can't ask yet another question to the llmd right now Posted by Maradona (Member # 24552) on :
You can have orange urine color or not some have orange- red tears to .No conection to the absorption due to this thing.
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