I am currently taking 400 mg/day doxy with mepron/zith to treat both Bb and babesia at the same time. However, I ran across the following link and am a bit concern about it:
What other drugs will affect atovaquone? * Before taking atovaquone, tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following medicines: � rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane, others) � rifabutin (Mycobutin) � tetracycline (Sumycin, Panmycin, others); or � metoclopramide (Reglan). * You may not be able to take atovaquone, or you may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatment if you are taking any of the medicines listed above. * Drugs other than those listed here may also interact with atovaquone. Talk to your doctor and pharmacist before taking any prescription or over-the-counter medicines
Can any share some light on this? For instance, will this reduce the concentration of Mepron?
Thanks!
Posted by suki444 (Member # 4261) on :
My LLMD does not use doxy with Atovaquone ... certainly it is not a combo he has even put me on, he uses macrolide antibiotics with Mepron usually.
Emma
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
My LLMD has me on doxy while on Mepron.
Posted by jwenny (Member # 8831) on :
hey everyone,
This is important.
I think I found what I'm looking for. So for all those taking Tetra/Doxy with Mepron including myself, please take a look at these links. Apparently, atovaquone levels are reduced by 40% with Tetra/Doxy.