I took my Rifampin first thing in the morning and made sure I ate breakfast an hour later. I took my Ethambutal and Azithromycin with breakfast. They are ok with food. At lunch I took my probiotic 50 billion dose. The lower doses weren’t enough. Then an hour before dinner I had my Rifampin and Ethambutal again. I couldn’t go more than an hour without eating the food or nausea would set in. Hope you can find a system that works for you.

Rifampin made me very sick, I had aggressive, endless diarrhea, stomach cramps, and zero appetite. At the time, I had no idea which drug was causing this, and I just sucked it up. But I read a lot about Rifampin and how it made other people sick. I was going away and I could not have the diarrhea on the flight, so I decided to stop taking the drug for the duration of my vacation. The diarrhea was soon gone and I regained my appetite. I told my pulmo, and begged her to take me off rifampin.