I started taking Zithromax 250 mg twice a day and Rifampin 150 mg twice a day. Have been on this dose for since Friday.
I am feeling one of my earlier symptoms which is tight jaw and throat and stiff tongue. Lots of muscle tingling and vibration. Is this a herx?
Is this Bart of Lyme?
Can I take xanax if I am taking Rifampin? Everyone where I read it says its contraindicated. Please help I am very anxious!!!
Posted by tricia386 (Member # 29623) on :
Again I am not a doctor. It's contradicted bc the rifiampin lowers the concentration of Xanax. So yes you can take them together in my experience.
Posted by Pocono Lyme (Member # 5939) on :
I've taken them together. Tricia is correct.
Posted by Marz (Member # 3446) on :
Maybe Xanax is differenet, but my understanding is that the benzos are just not effective. Don't think they're contraindicated ie) they don't interfere with the rifampin. Ut;s the other way around.
I had to give up the rifampin because couldn't toldrate the anxiety when clonazepam and ambien stopped working as well.
I regretted stopping rifamin because I was improving on it at about 4 weeks.
A list of drugs it interacts with:
Many drugs can interact with rifampin. Below is just a partial list. Tell your doctor if you are using:
acetaminophen (Tylenol); a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin); a barbiturate such as phenobarbital (Solfoton); diazepam (Valium) or similar medicines such as alprazolam (Xanax), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), midazolam (Versed), temazepam (Restoril), triazolam (Halcion), and others; a beta-blocker such as atenolol (Tenormin), bisoprolol (Zebeta, Ziac), labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol), propranolol (Inderal, InnoPran), timolol (Blocadren), and others; clofibrate (Atromid-S); steroids such as prednisone, fluticasone (Advair), mometasone (Asmanex, Nasonex), dexamethasone (Decadron, Hexadrol) and others; birth control pills or estrogen hormone replacement; heart medicines such as digoxin (Lanoxin), disopyramide (Norpace), quinidine (Quinaglute, Quinidex), mexiletine (Mexitil), tocainide (Tonocard), verapamil (Calan, Verelan, Isoptin), or enalapril (Vasotec); HIV medicines such as delavirdine (Rescriptor), saquinavir (Invirase, Fortovase), ritonavir (Norvir), nelfinavir (Viracept), and others; ketoconazole (Nizoral), itraconazole (Sporanox), or fluconazole (Diflucan); methadone (Dolophine); phenytoin (Dilantin), ethotoin (Peganone), and mephenytoin (Mesantoin); sulfa drugs (Bactrim, Gantanol, Septra, and others); diabetes medication you take by mouth; cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral); or theophylline (Elixophyllin, TheoCap, Theochron, Uniphyl).
You could talk to your pharmacist. They can advise better than doctors. Trouble was mine wouldn't listen and increase like pharm said.