"Except for the tetracycline antibiotic group, the fluoroquinolones are not generally used in combination with other antibiotics"
Posted by lymeboy (Member # 24769) on :
That would be bad for me. I have definitely heard from many people that combo Levaquin/ Cipro with a host of other drugs.
Posted by tickbitt (Member # 33753) on :
That family gets along pretty well with everything. I'm currently on cipro (same family), biaxin, minocycline, and would be on mepron if I didn't have side effects with my vision.
The med that *really* doesn't play well with others is rifampin.
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
tickbitt,
Is that just because Rifampin speeds up phase 1 of liver (p450) and causes other meds to leave system quicker?
Posted by tickbitt (Member # 33753) on :
I have no idea what the mechanism is. I'm much more a physics kind of guy than a biologist.
I've read that rifampin makes most other antibiotics MORE effective and the others make rifampin less effective. Can't say I really know about that either.
What I do know is that if you look at the drug interaction checker on drugs.com it has issues with just about everything.
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
I think it's other way around. rifampin makes other meds less effective because the liver clears them quicker and shortens their half life.
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
Bump
What are most LLMDs combining Levaquin with?
Posted by anuta (Member # 22646) on :
My first and very effective combo in Lyme treatment was Cipro +minocycline, I even went into remission for a feew weeks after 6 months on this combo. I think at the time Bartonella was the mane trouble, it went dormant and then Babesia came to the surface. But that is another story.
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
anuta
Do you think Mino can hit Bart (or even Myco)?
Posted by anuta (Member # 22646) on :
I think so, definitely Mino hits at some point Bartonella, based on my experience.
After those 6 months of this combo I did not have Bartonella symptoms for 1.5 years and I did not treat it. So I think this combo is very powerful against Bart, the most powerful from all Bart. treatments that I have tried.
I have my fingers crossed now- I�m doing photons against Bart (hopefully this will be able to put it in remission for good!), - the same thing here like before when I did abx- as soon as Lyme was gone- Bart is rising up.
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
ok thanks
I find Ceftin to be amazing for Lyme (and even seems to suppress some Bart - not sure how)
Posted by bcb1200 (Member # 25745) on :
Macrocodes with quinolones are a no no due to qc interval issues.