Guest guest Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 In my opinion, it's the best thing since sliced bread. I've had no side effects at all and my itching is completely gone. However, I think that I'm on the " lucky " side of the spectrum. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Rifampin worked great for me for years and I couldn't identify any side effects other than the orange urine. (I went up to 300mg 2x/day.) Everyone seems to be a bit different. For naltrexone, I now take 50mg 2x/day and have gone up to 3x/day. I don't experience any side effects at the current dose, but for the first 3 weeks or so at the lower dose of 1x/day, I felt dizzy and nauseous. If I take it for more than 3 days at the 3 doses per day rate I get insomnia for the next several nights, even after I drop back down. All a juggling act. So -- what about combinations of these various drugs? When I started naltrexone, I was told I needed to stop the rifampin. However, I took naltrexone with questran for a while (boy, coordinating with the URSO doses was a pain). What other combinations are possible? Can those the only marginally respond to rifampin also take atarax? Philip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 What kind of drug is Naltrexone? Rifampin is an antibiotic. What I find facinating is that no one knows why it works (when it does). Which means that no one understands why we itch. Hmmm. Atarax is an antihitimine and in my case it did alevaite the itching some but completely wiped me out for 24 hours. Adam > Rifampin worked great for me for years and I couldn't identify any > side effects other than the orange urine. (I went up to 300mg > 2x/day.) Everyone seems to be a bit different. > > For naltrexone, I now take 50mg 2x/day and have gone up to 3x/day. I > don't experience any side effects at the current dose, but for the > first 3 weeks or so at the lower dose of 1x/day, I felt dizzy and > nauseous. If I take it for more than 3 days at the 3 doses per day > rate I get insomnia for the next several nights, even after I drop > back down. All a juggling act. > > So -- what about combinations of these various drugs? When I started > naltrexone, I was told I needed to stop the rifampin. However, I > took naltrexone with questran for a while (boy, coordinating with > the URSO doses was a pain). What other combinations are possible? > Can those the only marginally respond to rifampin also take atarax? > > Philip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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