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I'm currentlly on IV Rocephin and oral Azithromycin. I was thinking about experimenting with Babs treatment since it is what I attribute all my symptoms to.
Can you mix Art with Rocephin and Azith? What milligram should I take? And where can you get it?
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Dont know about mixing it. But Artemisinin alone did wonders for my head symptoms. Stayed on it for 8 months at 300mgs. a day, then went down to 100mgs. a day without return of that symptom.
Doctors Best makes it. Good luck!
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Don't know. Google toovey artemisinin toxicology, though. Be aware that there are some concerns about brain toxicity.
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Well, I'm on a lot of antibiotics, and my LLMD has little concern about mixing Art in.
Minocycline, Azithromycin, Bactrim DS, and Rifampin.. was on Flagyl with all of that plus Art as well.
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hey nybball... my doctor has me on 600 mg of artemisinin daily. I've been on it for like 10 weeks and haven't noticed any changes in symptoms. So i guess the answer is yes you can mix bc we're on the same treatment. I dunno where you can get it though (i get it from my doctor's office)...I'm sure you can find it somewhere online
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I really like the cocktail with the artemisinin and phospholipids in it. The whole makes a good drink and avoids a lot of capsules. Take cocktail separately from minerals. Beginning of day or late eve. whatever feels best.
Take care.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by GiGi: Artemisinin is only effective when taken with grapefruit juice.
I can no longer tolerate grapefruit juice and Artemisin is still effective......meaning I am herxing on it.
If not taken with grapefruit juice it has to be be stopped after 21 days for a one week break otherwise a resistance develops.
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How soon before everyone started herxing on Artemsinin? A matter of a few days? A few weeks?
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I took artemesinin on an empty stomach. I never took it with grapefruit juice. It worked wonderfully for me.
I took it when I would have a babs flare. It reduced the flare to practically nothing the very first time I took it. The flare always came on Friday evening, so I took the first dose of art on Friday morning. It delayed the flare until Saturday and it was very minimal--nothing compared to the totally horrible flares I had been suffering. That's how quickly it worked.
However, I was taking Bactrim DS to kill babs at the time. I don't know what would happen taking art as a sole treatment for babs. Never did that.
I never herxed from it.
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