Xifaxan

[Memmy]

Has anyone tried xifaxan for rls and what dosage did they take

[LotteM]

Memmy, I don’t know where you get you suggestions. But there is a good series of tried and tested medicines for RLS - even to contest the withdrawal effects of dopamine agonists ( like tour pramipexole) after augmentation. If you ‘jump’ on all kinds of others meds, I think you’re grasping at straws, and maybe unwisely so as well. Just my opinion.

[RWick]

Look up a post by a Dr Weinstein in LDN Sciences where he states after a breath test for SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) showing positive -a couple treatments of Xifaxan 550 mg, he follows up with a low dose of Naltrexone- has shown relative good success in helping RLS

[johannasuar in reply to RWick]

Hi RWick. I take XIFAXIN for cirrhosis of the liver caused by alcohol, and I also HAD encephalopathy caused by alcohol. The XIFAXIN is for intestinal bacteria that caused the encephalopathy and I have been in XIFAXIN for 8 years. I don’t think that doctor you recommend to look into that says XIFAXIN helped RLS has no clue what he’s talking about, , this is so NOT TRUE! I have RLS going on 7 years and been in XIFAXIN for 8 and believe me, if XIFAXIN would help RLS I would be the happiest person alive. He also mentioned another drug which is used to get people of opioid and alcohol dependence, where dies he come from saying RLS improved with those drugs. Those drugs have NOTHING to do with RLS. Sorry if I’m coming on a bit strong, but it’s because I AM on XIFAXIN and I also suffer with the curse of RLS, most doctors haven’t a clue, and I’m sure you know that, about RLS and how to treat it, many times sending patients on a worldwide experiment with drugs. I just read another post from a poor girl that was prescribed XIFAXIN by mistake ( time to change doctors) for depression and she was very worried so I hope I helped her reassuring her that XIFAXIN does NOT cause depression, does NOT help RLS , basically it has ZERO side effects. It’s just a very good antibiotic for bacteria, nothing more. Regards.

[johannasuar]

Hi Memmy, I know XIFAXIN very well, I’ve been on it for 8 years because I suffer from cirrhosis of the liver. XIFAXIN is an antibiotic used primarily for people that have contracted the EBOLI bacteria or other intestinal bacteria that cause diarrhea, and also for Encephalopathy, a bacteria that causes memory loss problems.it doesn’t help for other infections and least of all for RLS, should I require an antibiotic for some infection in my body, I have to be prescribed something else because the XIFAXIN isn’t for anything else. Also, it does NOT affect RLS in any way. I take Tramadol for my RLS for over 6 years with great success, I haven’t had any augmentation in all those years and I only take two 50 mg pills, one at 5:30 pm before the RLS kicks in which is usually around 7pm, then the other 50 mg pill at 11pm to get me through the night. I wish you well. Thinking about my XIFAXIN now, how I wish it would have helped my RLS, this way it would be one less medication to take. Good luck, we all know we’re cursed with this RLS.

[Memmy in reply to johannasuar]

Thank johannasuar, it must be a strong medication. I hope it helps you. Rls makes you want to try anything and I realise I dont have it as badly as lots of people after reading the posts

[nightdancer]

That medication is not going to help RLS at all. It is an antibacterial which is not going to help a neurological disease. Where did you hear about it? Because in 28 years of leading groups on and off the internet, I have never heard of using that for RLS, and do not see anything chemically that would help. Dr Weinstein is not exactly my first choice as a source of information to put it mildly.

[RWick in reply to nightdancer]

Absolutely No intention to mislead any one by my post. Just saying rls needs more than neurological treatment that produces many side effects. After reading here of the many posts about spikes in rls symptoms being triggered by a variety of food products in the digestive gut, right or wrong I felt this concept was looking toward that direction.