Posted 7/22/2014 4:33 PM (GMT -5)
I just saw my doc to discuss pain control. Turns out rifampin and rifabutin cause lower narcotic blood levels. So that may explain a lot for me, and maybe others. My doctor didn't just know this, it popped up on her computer screen.
So if you're taking narcotics for pain and are worse after starting rifampin/rifabutin, that may be part of the problem.
She upped my OxyContin to 20mg twice daily, because it was obvious I needed more. Hopefully that will get me to a better place.