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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jul 28, 2023 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
Good morning - I believe I read a similar article, but failed to bookmark it (drat.) I think a number of docs are following that protocol, but I don't know if NJH, Mayo, etc have adopted it yet. There is also an ongoing study using the 2 antibiotics, without rifampin but with inhaled Amikacin.
My ID doc said that of the 3 drugs, rifampin has the fewest side effects so he includes it unless there is a specific reason not to do so. However, he did say that rifampin is no longer used on TB, but Ethambutol is still the drug of choice, along with a macrolide. (My daughter got TB working as a jail nurse, and had to take the combo for either 6 or 9 months.)
Things change all the time.
Sue
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Hi Sue
I took my first dose of the
Ethambutol on an empty stomach last night. Feeling very sick in my stomach they kept me up all night. The instructions say take three tablets one hour before meals or two hours after meals because they want you to take it on an empty stomach. I’m not 100% sure whether it’s the dinner I had or whether it’s the pills. After I took them last night I didn’t have anything in my stomach after that so I’m going to try to take them an hour before meals so that there will be food in my stomach an hour later.