I take MISS RIBA with one teaspoon coconut oil ,one choclate whey protien shake and one green powered drink mix...(all organic)
I take my BOC with one egg and a cup of tea at in the morniing and evening....at nite i take my BOC with one serving of raw cocoa and Goji berries.
makes me look forward to the ritual
I have been following Jim's advice. That is, I always take my Ribavirin with a meal (if it is low-fat, I at least drink some milk with it for the fat). I don't worry about the timing, i.e. whether it has been exactly 12 hours between doses, but give leeway of a couple of hours in favor of taking it with the food.
The insert that comes with my Ribavirin states that you should take it either with food or without, but whichever you choose, stick with it. I have no idea why this is. My doctor recommended taking it with food and mentioned the suggestion that it MAY be more effective when a high-fat meal is taken with it. There was also a statement to the effect of the possible advantage of eating a high-fat meal with the dose in the insert literature as well.
i take riba with a glass of whole milk in the morning and with a meal in afternoon. I was told the food was to help with nausea but i have heard many here say fat helps absorb the riba. I hope the "whole" milk is enough fat.
Exactly as I said the food keeps away nausea is usually fatty which binds the riba. Which hold stomach contents together. Absorbing the riba, I missed some the other day, opened my little thing and there were two sitting there, I thought oh oh. Just took them when I saw.
I agree with trin on timing. that doesn't stress me as much as forgetting it totally. If I can sleep I do.
Lol, that's funny cos the one time that I nearly missed my riba was over Xmas as well! All our schedules and routines go out the window in the silly season!
Lala, there's one of the best reasons I can think of for consistently taking riba with food - so we don't forget to take 'em... You could just have a banana those mornings when you want to sleep through, or you could just sleep an extra couple of hours and then get up and having something to eat with your riba. I've done that a few times.
You could even put a banana and the riba by your bedside the night before so you don't have to get out of bed...
I misunderstood what you meant by consistency. I thought you meant each dose must be taken exactly at the same time everyday to ensure levels remain theraputic. I take my riba at breakfast and dinner primarily because I can remember it. Otherwise I would probably have missed many a dose. I've missed 1 evening pills in 43 wks. Jumped out of bed at 2:00 am the next morning frantic and then said to hell with it, I missed a dose cause I've got enough riba in my to choke a horse. That was over Christmas when I went out to eat with the office. Not a bad track record.
Trin