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My daughter is on doxy for lyme and rifabutin for bart. She has a sinus infection that neither of those is fixing.
She's headed over to the walk-in to get antibiotics for the sinus infection (no mention of Lyme of course!) and is thinking she'll take that for ten days. She'll stop the other meds while she gets over the sinus infection.
My question: I heard that if you go off Rifampin, you tend to get problems when you go back on- side effects, resitence.
Is this true for rifabutin, too?
-------------------- Son, 26, Dx Lyme 4/10, Babs 8/10 Had serious arthritis, all gone. Currently on Valtrex Daughter, 26,bullseye 7/11 arthritis in knees, cured and off all meds. . Self:Lyme, bart, sxs gone, no longer treating. Posts: 496 | From Washington, DC | Registered: Jul 2010
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Could she back off on the rifabutin--maybe to only once a day? It's just making her so exhausted.
She hasn't gotten her Igenix results yet... so we don't even know if she has bart.
Her major symptoms are arthritic knees.. Though treated with 400 mg per day of doxy right away for three months. Still on the doxy. And for the last month a persistent feeling of being tired/sick. Some head cold stuff. She started the rifabutin 5 days ago and it's making her really tired.
Any advice?
I can't believe I have two kids with Lyme-- damned summers in CT. BTW-- the 20 year-old son is doing great. Some residual arthritis, but really pretty healthy-- playing sports everyday.
Thanks. Mary
-------------------- Son, 26, Dx Lyme 4/10, Babs 8/10 Had serious arthritis, all gone. Currently on Valtrex Daughter, 26,bullseye 7/11 arthritis in knees, cured and off all meds. . Self:Lyme, bart, sxs gone, no longer treating. Posts: 496 | From Washington, DC | Registered: Jul 2010
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You can take all three together. Why would you stop. The folks over at cpnhelp. use the three abx as a protocol. doxy, amox., and rifabutin. I would think she will herx pretty good though.
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