Had an interesting personal experience with Rifampin this week...
Started 1 300mg Rifampin daily from last Saturday until today. As of early yesterday, I still felt awful, probably worse than when I first started, despite my LLMD telling me I should be feeling better after a week.
A family friend told me that she thought vitamins interfered with Rifampin based on personal experience. So I did an experiment and didn't take a single vitamin orally yesterday (still took an Epson Salt Bath).
I woke up this morning feeling much better. Best I have in a week. For what it's worth, I was talking B, C, D, Magnesium, garlic, slippery elm, 2-3 hours before Rifampin.
Posted by GretaM (Member # 40917) on :
Yes, I could see that.
When I took rifampin, I took it on an empty stomach a half hour before meals and took my supplements at a different meal.
I'm glad you're feeling better.
Posted by colonelforbin1992 (Member # 43154) on :
Thanks Greta. It's a weird drug...I wanted to start doing treatments for my babesia but I'm concerned now about Rifampin interactions...trial by fire I suppose
Posted by gmb (Member # 23562) on :
I would stick with a Lyme/Rif protocol for a while longer and reduce your infection loads before hitting babs. Rif does interfere with some classes of meds, so why take more risks.
gmb
Posted by jmb (Member # 18338) on :
I have nothing of value to add, but I do like your username. 1992 was a good year for forbin.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
Drugs.com has an interactions checker where you list everything you are taking and all the possible interactions are described.
quote:Originally posted by jmb: I have nothing of value to add, but I do like your username. 1992 was a good year for forbin.
I was in a diaper then, but I've caught a few Forbins in recent years :-)
Posted by colonelforbin1992 (Member # 43154) on :
nefferdun, I use drugs.com all the time to check for interactions. Have you ever found it to be missing something?
Posted by colonelforbin1992 (Member # 43154) on :
nefferdun, I use drugs.com all the time to check for interactions. Have you ever found it to be missing something?
Posted by lostlyme (Member # 38561) on :
i slowly ramped up Rifampin .
that might have been a little overwhelming . and good 1 hour before or 2 hours after for certain other vitamins.
Posted by Ellen101 (Member # 35432) on :
I know that rifampin can wreck havoc on certain medications likethyroid, hormones etc. It changes the rate at which they are metabolized or something like that...