see that many here combine Zithro with rifampin. Has anyone combined it with Biaxin or is that not recommended?
And what aboutpulsing? Do you really get high enough blood levels that way and can you be sure that you dont create resistant bugs?? Posts: 347 | From sweden | Registered: Feb 2008
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quote:Originally posted by swedish lyme sufferer: And what aboutpulsing? Do you really get high enough blood levels that way and can you be sure that you dont create resistant bugs??
I have always read that rifampicin should NOT be pulsed not even interrupted as many bugs will grow resistant
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Well, when I was on Rifampin, I took it with Doxy on weekdays.
And Biaxin and Doxy on weekends. Which not sure if that's what you'd call pulsing, but that's what my LLMD had me on for 3-ish months to treat Bart (and lyme, I think).
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Could someone please clarify what the heck PULSING means?
I take zith one day and Rifampin the next...alternating days. Is that considered pulsing?
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Yes, Clarissa, I would call that pulsing, but I am not a doc. Zithro stays in the body for a long time so thatone is fine pulsing, but about rifampin I am not so sure, as it is almost out of the body after 12h. My doc tells me to take it every 12h. And never alone, always in combo, now with zith 6 days in a row and one day pause. That makes VERY high bloodlevels of zithro but I can manage.
But I really wonder about pulsing rif. I would like to if it is possible. My doc thinks no. But I cannot imagine your doc beeing wrong. Maybe he knows something mine does not? Posts: 347 | From sweden | Registered: Feb 2008
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I was on rifampin and mincin.
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quote:Originally posted by swedish lyme sufferer: Yes, Clarissa, I would call that pulsing, but I am not a doc. Zithro stays in the body for a long time so thatone is fine pulsing, but about rifampin I am not so sure, as it is almost out of the body after 12h. My doc tells me to take it every 12h. And never alone, always in combo, now with zith 6 days in a row and one day pause. That makes VERY high bloodlevels of zithro but I can manage.
But I really wonder about pulsing rif. I would like to if it is possible. My doc thinks no. But I cannot imagine your doc beeing wrong. Maybe he knows something mine does not?
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