Topic: Anyone doing mycobutin (rifabutin) for bart?
nefferdun
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I have started slipping with Bactrim DS/zithro and need to change to something else. Currently I have added 300mg Rifampin to boost me up which is in the same family as mycobutin but some doctors believe mycobutin is more effective. The Rifampin does not seem to do much for me. I took it for three months before and quit to try Bactrim.
Is anyone having good luck with Mycobutin? You take it with a macrolide like zithro or biaxin. If Rifampin did not seem to make a difference for me, do you think Mycobutin would not be very good either?
Anything else you highly recommend besides levaquin, factive and cipro?
Thanks
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I had never treated Bartonella until Rifabutin (Mycobutin) a few months ago and I am still on it. Sorry I can't compare it to anything but I can say my head has been more consistently clear in the past couple months than it has been since this all began.
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nefferdun
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That is great migs. Thanks for responding.
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