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Posted 6/20/2018 11:50 PM (GMT 0)
Can you explain Your Rifampin herxes.

Patty
Posted 6/21/2018 12:53 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Patty,

Hoping some others will chime in here but here are some old threads...

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3085642
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3485484
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3890301

~beth
Posted 6/21/2018 5:33 AM (GMT 0)
bone marrow/shin pain. foot pain. so bad i was not able to sleep at night sometimes.
Posted 6/21/2018 6:35 AM (GMT 0)
Two herxes I recall - but didn't realize they were herxes at the time:

1) my left knee became so sore that I couldn't bend it. (previously i had slight joint pain)
within a week it resolved...


2) Woke up early one morning with terrible pain - right shoulder area. Dr. said it was tendonopathy. again, within about a week it resolved.
Posted 6/21/2018 3:33 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for your input. I will be starting Rifampin 150mg twice daily along with continuance of Aziththromycin 250mg twice daily which I have been on for 8 months. Hoping Rif will be the answer. Fingers crossed.

Patty
Posted 6/21/2018 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
The best way i can describe it is that I felt like I was hit by a bus...elevated fatigue and exhaustion, hard to get up, some rashes came back, and my emotional issues skyrocketed; anxiety/crying etc.

Rifampin can sorta drain you. But it did do a lot to help me - Took it paired with other drugs for 8 solid months before taking a break and treating with herbals.
Posted 6/21/2018 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
I had increased fatigue, foot pain and some chest pain. I had to go on and off due to stomach pain.
Posted 6/21/2018 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
nerves nerves nerves. nerves hit my head and chest hard to describe what it feels like since nothing else comes close. chest nerves felt like i was having a heart attack (well at least what i would imagine one feels like).

also stabbing pains in heel.
Posted 6/21/2018 9:50 PM (GMT 0)
How long did it take for your symptoms to get better? I have to help care for my husband due to a brain bleed in 2014. My concern is an increase in anxiety.
Also, what did you take to protect your kidneys?
Posted 6/21/2018 9:52 PM (GMT 0)
It didn't increase my anxiety - not that I can remember.


Mepron for babesia did though.
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