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Posted 7/15/2014 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
Saw my LLMD today. She added 500 mg twice a day to my 600 mg twice a day of Zithromax... I called her for more direction on timing the abx. (I.e. can I take them together AM & PM or should I spread them out...?)

Anyone have any thoughts? Opinions? Advice? Experience? With this combo, or with ceftin alone?

Is this way too much? It seems like a lot... But I want this stuff gone for good!
Posted 7/15/2014 6:51 PM (GMT 0)
I take them together about 12 hours apart. I'm a little higher on the ceftin and a little lower on zith but pretty close. Other than herxing at first you should do fine.
Posted 7/15/2014 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
My son who just turned 12 takes 250 mg ceftin twice a day with 50 mg minocycline twice a day.
Posted 7/15/2014 7:33 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks you two!
Posted 7/16/2014 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
Anyone else?
Posted 7/16/2014 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
I would not take them at the same time initially. I tried that with my medication just to see what would happen and I felt aweful. I would just separate your antibiotics by 1.5 hrs, just so your body doesn't get hit so hard at once.
Posted 7/16/2014 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
so for example, i take my septra at 730am, zithromax at 9am, then septra again at 530pm, and zithromax at 7pm. I eat small meals with each dose.
Posted 7/16/2014 11:17 AM (GMT 0)
Chap, do you remember about 15 years ago when Zithromax used to be a capsule? It needed to be taken on an empty stomach. Then, they changed it to a tablet and didn't say anything about it being on an empty stomach. Today, I still recommend taking Zithromax on an empty stomach because food delays absorption. It says peak absorption is the same but I'm old school and didn't forget what they "used" to say. Marketing at its finest.
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