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Azithromycin, prednisone, chlorphenamine: safe to take?


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So, long story short, I got a really bad upper respiratory infection about 3 weeks back which has evolved into acute bronchitis. Doc prescribed me azithromycin, prednisone, and a chlorphenamine-hydrocodone cough syrup (like good ol' prometh-codeine, but stronger and longer lasting from what I understand).

 

I know prednisone should be safe for the most part as it's a corticosteroid so it shouldn't have any psychoactive effect, but I've never taken this particular steroid in the past so I have no idea how it's going to affect me.

 

The two I'm most concerned about are the chlorphenamine and azithromycin, the former because it's an antihistamine with SNRI effects and the latter because I've read anecdotal reports of antibiotics causing a flare up in HPPD symptoms (which actually may be related to the Lyme disease hypothesis I read about a while back).

 

Would it be safe to take these meds or will it cause a flare up in symptoms?

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