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Posted 3/17/2017 3:49 PM (GMT 0)
Just started a prescription of Rifampin I've had for a while now. 300mg 2x daily. Reluctant to take because of possible side effects. Can't handle this muscle twitching, eye floaters and a couple other what seem to be Bart symptoms.

Those with twitching- did Rifampin help? I'm taking Magnesium too- been for a couple months with mild improvements. Most of the heavy twitching is better. But increased in tons of small almost unnoticeable twitching now.

Eye issues improve with Rifampin? Also on 100mg Doxy 2x daily along with full Buhner protocol.

Thanks!
Posted 3/17/2017 4:42 PM (GMT 0)
First of all, make sure that it's not part of a herx already on going - just to be sure, since you are on the full Buhner protocol.

Have you tried increasing your magnesium intake? Also, what type of magnesium are you taking? Different types are better for different things. Here is a good listing of the different types and what they are best for:
www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/types-of-magnesium/


If this isn't helpful, this post will at least bump your thread back up to the top for advice on the Rifampin. smile
Posted 3/17/2017 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
My twitching actually mostly resolved before i treated bart with rifampin.

but, it likes to make a reappearance now and then..usually when I introduce something new... (a different antibiotic)
Posted 3/17/2017 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
Mokes i would definitely stick with the rifampin/doxy combo its been pretty effective for those with bart symptoms like you. this combo helped me deal with some nasty nerve chest pains early on i had to fight through some bad times for a few months before i made it to the other side.

as you should know you have to take steps back to take more steps forward with these diseases.
Posted 3/17/2017 6:44 PM (GMT 0)
Lyme causes twitching and floaters as well. Both of those symptoms improved for me when treating Lyme.
Posted 3/17/2017 7:01 PM (GMT 0)

Fronton said...
Lyme causes twitching and floaters as well. Both of those symptoms improved for me when treating Lyme.

Yes, it does...and that was same for me...I was treating lyme before bart.
Posted 3/18/2017 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the feedback. Kinda feel like I'm rushing Buhner protocol- not giving it more time to work. Gonna continue it along with abx. I can already feel the Doxy/Rifampin combo doing something. Increased shin and foot pain and lymph pain I haven't had for months has returned. Moving stuff around?
Posted 3/18/2017 3:10 AM (GMT 0)
I got shin pain - left leg only after over a year on Rifampin...but when the dosage changed from 300 twice daily to 600 once daily.
Never had the shin pain prior to that.
Posted 3/18/2017 3:54 AM (GMT 0)
herxing is a sign things are working ;) also try to be patient with your approach we all want to get rid of these bugs as fast as possible but you just can't its a marathon not a sprint so stay within whatever you can live with and expect a long protracted fight.
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