I'm on Gemifloxacin and Tinidazole and Minocycline. I took Minocycline for 1,5 years now and want to exchange it with another ABX. I focus on Lymecycline but thats not available in Germany and will take me a month or more to get it. So while I try to get Lymecyclin, I want another agent than minocycline. I was wondering if anyone has used Gemifloxacin (Faktive/Gemez) together with a makrolide like Clarithromycin (Biaxin) oder Telithromycin (Ketek). Dont want to add azithromycin or Doxycycline because i already took them both for 6 month and I think they re the worst oral choices you can make! THX 4 answers
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You shouldn't take a Macrolide and a Floroquinolone together because they can impact the QT interval for your heart.
In a recent lecture, Dr. Burrascano said "You cannot combine a macrolide with a Floroquinolone."
Why not try high dose Amoxy or Ceftin or Omnicef?
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Ceftin is good in all stages of lyme. Dr Burrascano took that med for over 2 years to treat his own Lyme disease. Please see his treatment guide.
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okay i looked in his last guide of 2008. the only thing he says about ceftin is this:
Cefuroxime axetil (Ceftin), a second generation agent, is also effective against staph and thus is useful in treating atypical erythema migrans that may represent a mixed infection that contains some of the more common skin pathogens in addition to Bb. Because this agent�s G.I. side effects and high cost, it is not often used as first line drug.
so where do you have your statement from, im very interested!!
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furthermore he calls cefuroxime it an alternative, okay. but that doesnt point out for which stage
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