HealthCareMagic is now Ask A Doctor - 24x7 | https://www.askadoctor24x7.com

Get your health question answered instantly from our pool of 18000+ doctors from over 80 specialties
159 Doctors Online

By proceeding, I accept the Terms and Conditions

Dr. Andrew Rynne
MD
Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

HCM Blog Instant Access to Doctors
HCM BlogQuestions Answered
HCM Blog Satisfaction
Doctors waiting to answer your question
Dr. Shanthi.E
MD
Dr. Shanthi.E

General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

Dr. Saisudha Kotla
MD
Dr. Saisudha Kotla

General & Family Physician

Exp 12 years

Dr. Nagamani Ng
MD
Dr. Nagamani Ng

General & Family Physician

Exp 12 years

Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi
MD
Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

General & Family Physician

Exp 9 years

Dr.Raju
MD
Dr.Raju

General & Family Physician

Exp 11 years

Dr. Vaishalee Punj
MD
Dr. Vaishalee Punj

General & Family Physician

Exp 16 years

Rifampin For C Diff

Premium Questions

Dr. Kathy Robinson MD

Why would a doctor change a prescription from Xifaxin to Rifampin when it was prescribed for hapatic liver desease. Rifampin shows it can cause liver desease. We waant to help it not cause more! ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kathy Robinson ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.    Muhammad Sareer Khalil MD

. Vancomycin 1000mg every 12 hrs. Then 1 Rifampin every 12 hrs. I've been on the Rifampin since last Thursday ... gone but my strength isn't coming back yet. I was off of the Rifampin until today. Any... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I'm taking rifampin plus two other antibiotics for nontuberculin mycobacteria . I took these drugs for 6 months last year and my doctor stopped treatment because I seemed to be well. I became ill again ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.     Vinay Bhardwaj MD

I have Chronic Lyme disease and Bartonella. I have been treating for three years now. I just switched my antibiotics to Tindamax, Clindamycin and Rifampin and am having severe stomach issues. I have ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj ( Neurologist)
Dr. Anshul Varshney MD

Husband has accessed tooth we are on our way out of town tonight. I have brand new bottle of rifampin and bacterium. From what I have read theses will work. He routinely has liver profile and diabetes ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anshul Varshney ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi MD

Is Rifampin useful in treating bacterial cellulitis? My mother recently got a prescription for Rifampin and Doxyclline, both BID x 10 days. I am a pharmacist, but am not familiar with Rifampin and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

dad has end stage pancreatic cancer..urine now turned orange. he is on rifampin fro itching ... maybe from chronic rifampin use? Just wondering if this is a sign of the end nearing or if it was from ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)
Dr.    Mohammed Taher Ali MD

cured or not . i have given ethambutol, pyrazinamide, rifampin and isonazid for the first two months and only rifampin and isonazid for the next four months so am i cured? Please suggest me i am confused ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Kartik Sood MD

I have an NTM MAC infection, primarily in the right lung. we initially tried Rifampin, Ethanbutol and Azithromycin but the Rifampin gave me fevers. Same with Rifabitin. Tried Amikacin tabs but the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kartik Sood ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  Deepti Verma MD

Hi Dr. Rynne my daughter just found out that she is pregnant . We are so excited she s been married for a year and a half. She has been on Rifampin because, she has had lymes disease since high school ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepti Verma ( OBGYN)