I take 300mg of rifampin twice, 3 hours apart...is that bad?

Hello. It took me two months of taking the rifampin as described for the herxes to subside. I've read on the internet doctors suggesting to take 600mg rifampin at once...am I at a disadvantage for spreading it out? Should I start consolidating now that the herxes have past?

Thanks

I don't think it is bad. You can actually just take them both together. You would get a better blood spike that way. When I took rifampin I took the dose of 600 mg all together. It would probably be better to take them together instead because it would be better to take your probiotics 3 hours later rather than another dose of rifampin.

Traveler said...
I would suggest that you raise your dose slowly though - it could bring on one heck of a herx!!

How would I do it slowly, considering its the same amount of milligrams either way? Should I do it two hours apart, then one hour apart, then together? Each being a week long phase or something...

I'm expecting a herx, a little nervous cause I'm taking a class now. Also because it took me sooo long to feel good doing it this way, but I don't think the herx of taking 600mg all at once will be as bad as moving from 300 once a day to 300 twice a day...

Taking it together isn't much different than taking it 3 hours apart. I think taking it together at the same time makes more sense.