Has anyone done Clindamycin and Rifamin therapy?
Hi there!
I'm wondering if any of you have had success with 10 weeks of Clindamycin and Rifampin and HS remission?
I just started it today. I'm not looking for medical advice, just if it worked for you(or not), success stories, or any helpful tips. I'm thinking about getting a probiotic, not sure which one yet.
My dermatologist is not an HS specialist, but she said that this therapy is what HS specialists are prescribing, so I'm pretty excited.
She said she saw remission in the patients she's done this with.
I'm trying not to get too excited just in case it doesn't work for me, but it is kind of nice to have hope.
TL/DR: Not looking for medical advice, just if this therapy worked or didn't work for you.
Hi! This was actually one of the first sets of treatments I received when I had HS years ago. I had an aggressive form of Stage III HS so antibiotics did absolutely nothing for me. The idea, I believe, is for it to lower inflammation but it goes a lot deeper than taking antibiotics. Plus, I found that being on antibiotics for prolonged periods of time really messes with your microbiome which actually, in my experience, building that up has helped to heal my HS actually. So, it didn't work for me. The only thing that got my HS under control was finding my triggers through food and influences in my enviroment. 
Hey
- this is really exciting! I am glad to see your dermatologist is working with you on this combination therapy. And while you wait for others to chime in with personal experience, I thought I would share a couple of studies that I found that might be of interest to you: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16634904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779281/
https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/228334
https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(04)02972-X/fulltextWe will be really curious to hear about your experience along the way! Please keep us posted.
Talk soon 💜
