RIFAMPIN

(rif AM pin) Brand: Rifadin

What is the most significant information I must know about rifampin?

• Till taking rifampin, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have liver malady or porphyria ( (a genetic enzyme mess that causes symptoms affecting the skin or nervous system).

• Take this medicine for the full predesigned length of time. Your symptoms may improve till the infection is completely cleared. Rifampin will not treat a viral infection such as the general cool or flu.

• Take the rifampin capsule on an empty stomach 1 hour till or 2 hours after a meal.

• Rifampin can create birth control pills smaller effective. Ask your doctor about using a non-hormone method of birth control (such as a condom, diaphragm, spermicide) to prevent pregnancy while taking rifampin.

• There are much another medicines that can interact with rifampin. Speak your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start using a new medicine without telling your doctor. Hold a list with you of all the medicines you use and show this list to any doctor or another healthcare provider who treats you.

• Do not wear contact lenses while you are taking rifampin. This medication may discolor your tears, which could permanently stain soft contact lenses.

What is rifampin?

• Rifampin is an antibiotic. Rifampin prevents bacteria from spreading in your body.

• Rifampin is used to treat or prevent tuberculosis (TB).

• Rifampin may also be used to eliminate a bacteria from your nose and throat that may reason meningitis or another infections, even if you do not have an infection. Rifampin prevents you from spreading this bacteria to another people, but the medicine will not treat an infection caused by the bacteria.

• Rifampin may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.

What must I discuss with my healthcare provider till using rifampin?

• You must not use this medicine if you are allergic to rifampin.

• Till taking rifampin, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have:

· liver malady; or

· porphyria (a genetic enzyme mess that causes symptoms affecting the skin or nervous system).

• If you have any of these conditions, you may need a doze adjustment or particular trials to safely take rifampin.

• FDA pregnancy category C. This medicine may be deleterious to an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.

• Rifampin passes into breast milk and may harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

How must I use rifampin?

• Take this medicine exactly as predesigned by your doctor. Do not take it in larger amounts or for longer than recommended. Follow the directions on your prescription label.

• Take the rifampin capsule on an empty stomach 1 hour till or 2 hours after meals. Swallow the capsule with a full glass (8 ounces) of water.

• Store this medicine at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

What happens if I miss a dose?

• Take the missed doze as soon as you remember. However, if it is nearly time for your following regularly scheduled doze, skip the missed doze and take the following one as directed. Do not take extra medication to create up a missed dose.

What happens if I overdose?

• Search abnormal medical attention if you think have used too many of this medicine.

• Overdose symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, itching, headache, weakness, quick or uneven heart course, or feeling like you might pass out.

What must I avoid while taking rifampin?

• Do not wear contact lenses while you are taking rifampin. This medication may discolor your tears, which could permanently stain soft contact lenses.

What are the possible side effects of rifampin?

• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.

• Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:

· fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms;

· joint pain or swelling;

· light bruising or bleeding, weakness;

· urinating smaller than normal or not at all; or

· nausea, stomach pain, loss of appetite, itching, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).

• Smaller serious side effects may include:

· weary feeling; or

· red or orange colored urine, stools, tears, sweat, or saliva.

• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Speak your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

What another drugs will affect rifampin?

• Much drugs can interact with rifampin. Adown is just a partial list. Speak your doctor if you are using:

· acetaminophen (Tylenol);

· a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin);

· a barbiturate such as phenobarbital (Solfoton);

· diazepam (Valium) or similar medicines such as alprazolam (Xanax), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), midazolam (Versed), temazepam (Restoril), triazolam (Halcion), and others;

· a beta-blocker such as atenolol (Tenormin), bisoprolol (Zebeta, Ziac), labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol), propranolol (Inderal, InnoPran), timolol (Blocadren), and others;

· clofibrate (Atromid-S);

· steroids such as prednisone, fluticasone (Advair), mometasone (Asmanex, Nasonex), dexamethasone (Decadron, Hexadrol) and others;

· birth control pills or estrogen hormone replacement;

· heart medicines such as digoxin (Lanoxin), disopyramide (Norpace), quinidine (Quinaglute, Quinidex), mexiletine (Mexitil), tocainide (Tonocard), verapamil (Calan, Verelan, Isoptin), or enalapril (Vasotec);

· HIV medicines such as delavirdine (Rescriptor), saquinavir (Invirase, Fortovase), ritonavir (Norvir), nelfinavir (Viracept), and others;

· ketoconazole (Nizoral), itraconazole (Sporanox), or fluconazole (Diflucan);

· methadone (Dolophine);

· phenytoin (Dilantin), ethotoin (Peganone), and mephenytoin (Mesantoin);

· sulfa drugs (Bactrim, Gantanol, Septra, and others);

· diabetes medicine you take by mouth;

· cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral); or

· theophylline (Elixophyllin, TheoCap, Theochron, Uniphyl).

• This list is not complete and there are much another medicines that can interact with rifampin. Speak your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start using a new medicine without telling your doctor. Hold a list with you of all the medicines you use and show this list to any doctor or another healthcare provider who treats you.

Where can I get more information?

• Your pharmacist can provide more information about rifampin.

Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.

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