User Reviews for rifampin oral

have taken rifampin 300mg 2 caps a day and 3 days a weekfor 18 months now. i have lost much weight and do not have any appetite for food. this was for MAC disease of the lungs. i tolerated it with out many side effects except as shown above. it did turn my urine a very orangy red color.

If I did not know better I would have thought I wrote yoopergal post. I too had cipro and rifampin. Mine was for a knee infedction to remove scar tissue. The knee was replaced five years ago. I was given 40 days of rifampin. I have finished the cipro. After 24 days of twice a day, i stopped taking it. I simply hate the way I feel, hopefully I didn't make a mistake. As one poster said his infection was in the steel, mine is too. I don't normally gamble, I am in this case. Many side effects, sore tongue, hearburn, many that do subside. In my experience the worst is the tiredness, it says mild, to me it is not. I normally have a lot of energy. The other bad one is a rash in the genital area. It is controlled with a cream, but it is very irritating. If you get the rash, don't let it go. I sincerely thank all that posted, sorry to say it was nice to see I was not alone. Thank you all!!!Read More Read Less

am experiencing some side effects. Tired, medicine head, light headed, chest tingling, left side head tingling, right leg tingling, more pain in my back and general weakness.

Nausa was terrable, not mater how much water and food. Sick for at least 3 to 4 hours after taking, very ill from taking.

I took oral rifampin and vitamin b-6 for 4months for inactive TB.At first it wasn't too bad,except for the hassle of taking 2 extra medications.But the poin in my hips is almost unbearable at times and some days keeps me from working.I would never recommend it to any1

I was prescribed 10 days of Rifampin with 10 days of Bactrim. Due to a spinal-cord injury, I have been on a lot of pain meds for years (Methadone, Dilaudid, Soma, and Klonopin for a related condition). I asked the Urgent Care doctor who prescribed this whether it would interfere with my pain meds, and she said no. A couple of days later, with my back pain shooting through the roof despite me taking more than my usual dose, I asked my PCP whether these meds reduce the efficacy of my pain meds. He said no. (Like the Urgent Care doctor, without even looking it up/researching it.) Finally, six days in to the antibiotics, the pain was so horrible that it was unbearable, and I felt for the first time in my life that I couldn't go on living like that. So my wife called my pain-management doctor (who was out of the office), and later that day his staff called back and said there should be no effect on the pain meds. I decided to stop taking the antibiotics (I know I'm not supposed to do that, but the pain was so intense by that point it was absolute torture), and guess what? 24 hours later, the pain was back to normal and controlled by my regular dose of pain meds. Today, I researched Rifampin on this web site (WebMd). Lo and behold, it took me about 60 SECONDS! to find this: "This drug can speed up the removal of other drugs from your body by affecting certain liver enzymes. These affected drugs include . . . narcotic pain relievers (e.g., morphine, methadone)." Soooo, the Rifampin does decrease the effect of pain meds (due to the increased liver enzymes getting the meds out of your body). It's right there in black and white. Question: Why the hell couldn't three doctors take the time to look this up on the manufacturer's web site or in the PDR? Lesson learned: Doctors are as fallible as the rest of us, so trust but verify. And insist that they actually research the issue before answering your questions. And above all: When in doubt, trust your body! Read More Read Less

I am currently taking rifampin for a staph infection along with cipro I been on them both for a little over 2 wks now and the heartburn is hurrendous even though i take prilosec every day it is not working at all, I now find myself taking peptobismal and maalox many times a day. Not only that but the joint pain is also a symptom since taking the rifampin also. I deffinetly do not like being on this so I hope the benefits outway the the side effects.

So far I have only taken 2 doses and last evening after the first dose I had indigestion. Today after the second dose I have constant nausea. I'll continue on and hope these side effects go away.

i have been on this medicine for 8 mos now and have not experienced any serious side effects. this medicine does make your urine and stool look red or dark and it will also make your skin dark or reddish, also your eyes may tear a reddish color, other than that it has been working for me with nothing serious.

After reading mainly good reviews of this drug, I hoped I would not experience many side effects. I must admit, I was still slightly apprehensive. About 5 hours after taking it, I felt as though I had several cups of coffee and had high anxiety. By the next afternoon (time for the second dose) I was very depressed and crying (unusual for me). This continued on the third day and I stopped the medication. A day or two after I stopped the rifampin I developed a rash. My doctor says he is not convinced the rash is a reaction to the drug. I'm not so sure. Read More Read Less

my husband got mrsa after his motorcycle accident he is now takeing the two drugs vancomiacyn and rifampin. we are now waiting to see if will help he has been takeing this since the end of last month oct.its now nov 13.we see the doc. every two weeks. they said 6 to 8 weeks or more of this

I took this for a mild skin infection with cyst. It was horrible. I am disabled w/osteoporosis and osteoarthritus and ostoenecrosis and am on several pain killers and many other medications. I had every adverse system in the book including DT's from it taking morphine from my body. I would never advise anyone to take this unless they were dying and not on any other meds. DON'T take with doxycycline as they amplify each others effects. Never! I took it for only 3 days. It stripped my body if every natural flora that it needs to survive! It will take weeks to recover.Read More Read Less

After vacomycin IV and extremely resistant MRSA staph bacterial infection, completed rifampin oral 300 mg twice a day for 28 days. Am now free of MRSA staph.

I was given Rifampin along with Levaquin to control a staphylococcus infection (non-MRSA) in my surgery wound. The bacteria is lodged in the metal hardware, and they have made a colony. The doctors say it will be there until they remove the hardware after the bone heals. (about 9 months).I have had no problems with Rifampin, and so far I don't have any symptoms of the bacteria in my body. It must be working to keep it at bay.

Rifampin was used following IV antibiotics (vancomycin) to treat MRSA in a surgery wound. No side effects noted other than discolored urine and lethargy.

Great with leprosy

I saw the other review regarding being perscribed for a staff infection (which was my case) and thought I should comment. I did not have any adverse sife effects and I was taking this with Doxycyline as well. It really does depend on the indivdual. Although, I must admit I was a little nervous at first because of reading the side effects but I had the resistent type of staff infection and this was one drug that the infection was sensitive too, so I took the drug and it was pivitol medication in clearing the infection.Read More Read Less

I HAD LATENT TB, THE FIRST DRUG i WAS ON DID NOT AGREE WITH ME AT ALL, WENT OFF FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEN WAS PUT ON RIFAMPIN i HAD NO SIDE EFFECTS WHAT SO EVER AND NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE.