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Posted 1/12/2017 10:53 PM (GMT 0)
I take the rifampin right when I get up in the moribg but feel horrible until four or five when I seem to get a slight respite.

Can I take it other times during the day? If I took it in the evening would that maybe push the crappy feeling to when I'm sleeping? What has worked for others?

I'm on 600mg/day. Today is my sixth day on the rifampin/doxy combo

LG
Posted 1/12/2017 11:23 PM (GMT 0)
What do you feel? Fatigue?
It can be a herx. Do you detox well?
You can take Rifa in the evening as well - just make sure to take it one hour before meal or just before going to sleep (when you have an empty stomach)
Posted 1/12/2017 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
Fatigue and whole body pain (only way to describe it) and some chest stuff.
Posted 1/12/2017 11:34 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting to see this thread.

I switched my rifampin dosing a few weeks ago from twice daily to once daily - full dose.

I did several days in a row where I took it just before dinner because I was taking Artesunate in the morning and they don't go well together.

I started having difficulty falling asleep and then waking up early in the morning and not being able to get back to sleep.

So, last couple of days, I switched it to the morning/or early afternoon and I slept better...thank goodness.

So, go ahead and try it in the evening...it may help...or you may not sleep well...as I experienced.
Posted 1/13/2017 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
I found out it makes us burn cortisol twice as fast too...it can send us into adrenal fatigue ..dr m speeaks of this ..i dont feel right until it wears off...thinking of pulsing ..dr h says its ok but others disagree...
Posted 1/13/2017 2:17 AM (GMT 0)

bluelyme said...
I found out it makes us burn cortisol twice as fast too...it can send us into adrenal fatigue ..dr m speeaks of this ..i dont feel right until it wears off...thinking of pulsing ..dr h says its ok but others disagree...

bluelyme - THE dr. H. says it's okay to pulse?

Dr. J. does, too...and some other LLMD's who are also following his pulsing approach.
Posted 1/13/2017 4:12 AM (GMT 0)
I may do two weeks on two off like dr j ..dr h client was on mwf with a bajillion other things though
Posted 1/13/2017 4:34 AM (GMT 0)

bluelyme said...
I may do two weeks on two off like dr j ..dr h client was on mwf with a bajillion other things though

What about two on and one off?
Posted 2/19/2018 5:31 PM (GMT 0)
How about taking both the Rifampin and the doxy/mino every other day or every 3 days? Would that make any sense?
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