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Can you take these drugs together at the same time of do they need to be spaced out?
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nefferdun
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An LLND gave me those two drugs and did not tell me to space them apart. You can check on interactions between drugs at drugs.com.
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GretaM
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I took the rifampin on an empty stomach half hour before eating, and the doxy in the middle of a full meal.
Doxy sometimes causes sun sensitivity.
If that happens, mino is sometimes a good alternative.
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t9im
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Hi AS:
You should take then apart, just like Greta's post.
I would add:
1 - you need to avoid the sun or be covered to avoid the doxy chemical burn.
2 - you need to add a probiotic to the mix to replace the good bacteria being killed by the meds.
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droid1226
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I took them the same time for months.
But to add to t9im's and Greta's comments...make sure you take the probiotics a couple hrs away from the antibiotics. Plus, taking rifampin with food lowers the levels of it in your blood by a third.
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