Summer3
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Yesterday after just one dose of Rifampin, I started to get a sore throat. I still have it today and it's kind of bothersome since it feels like swollen tonsils and it hurts to swallow. Should I take something for it? If so, what?
I don't think it's an allergic response. I've had that before (swollen throat, hives, etc.) and I'm not having any rash or itching. Is this a common occurrence with rifampin?
I also feel very strange like in and out of complete awareness. It comes in waves.
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I have been on Rifampin for 4 months now. It can be tough at first but then things got better for me around the 2 week mark.
I didn't have the sore throat but did have some of the strange feeling. That went away.
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Jane2904
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Daughter seems to have these symptoms too. Bart seems to be the worse for her.
Good luck, hope you feel better. Maybe try sea salt and warm water to gargle.
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Summer3
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My throat has gotten worse today. I took benadryl (50mg) to see if it would help. Am I right to assume that if I don't improve with benadryl it is likely not an allergic response?
The sore throat is oddly one of the major symptoms that came at onset of my re-infection along with a 105 fever. I don't have fever now luckily.
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Is it potentially a herx? Sore throats were one of my symptoms before treatment so I wouldn't have been surprised for it to reemerge with treatment...
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