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Azithromycin, Ethanbutol, & Rifampin Drug Therapy for MAC

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 3 10:53pm | Replies (126)
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@lauraadam2425

I have been on Nuzyra now only 3 days and so sick about 10 to 15 minutes after taking it. I take it the minute I get up as have to wait 4 hours before I can take my regular morning meds as they would react if taken sooner. I was so sick the 3rd day I thought my husband was going to have to take me to the ER, I get nausea and my stomach feels like someone was punching me in the stomach and stabbing me with a knife. Then I get terrible diarrea for 3 hours. Will this stop after being on it for a few weeks? By mid-morning I am pretty good but nausua off and on.

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marthamac | @marthamac | Apr 14 7:50am

I don’t think my nausea /cramping response to the Nuzyra has changed at all after taking it for a year. If I premeditate with the Zofran half an hour before taking it I rarely have an issue though. At least that's my impression. I never skip the Zofran. But once in awhile it doesn’t work for some reason. Maybe I don’t get the timing just right, or my stomach is more or less empty than usual, or who knows. Then I’m in for at least an hour of incapacitating and miserable GI stuff.

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