On Simponi, Hydroxychloroquine And Doxycycl For Lyme. Can I Take Acimethin With These Medications?

Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2013

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Question : I am taking these medications for Lyme and RA: Simponi50ml, Hydroxychloroquine 200 mg,SMZ/TmP DS Tab 800-160, Azithromycin 250mg, Cefuroxime 500mg,Doxycycl Hyc 100mg, Armour 15mg. May I add Acimethin 500mg ? Are there negative interactions? If so with which medications ? Thank you. XXXX

Answered by Dr. Divya Agarwal (31 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No major interactions

Detailed Answer:
hello,
So I beleive you are on these drugs for your arthritis.
I agree that they are quite a lot in number.
They should not have any major side effects, however I would expect the antibiotics atleast to go down.
As these are not recommended to be taken for more than a few weeks.
And subsequently if your arthritis persists then probably the medication for RA should be helping you with your symptoms.

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