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Posted by KrisKraft (Member # 4329) on :

After my third bottle of Mepron (with Biaxin), I've had a week-long herx, with extreme head pressure, numb fingers, sensitive teeth, ear aches, pinpoint rash, and sweats. UGH. And I thought i was through the worst of it.

Anyone else have bad herxes after the 3rd bottle?

Kris

Posted by Corgilla (Member # 4066) on :

Hi,

Sorry to hear you're going through this but, yes, yes, yes.

I'm starting my 5th bottle and I can say that at the beginning, Mepron and Zith made me feel much better.

Then, starting in early August, I have had really bad herxes that seem to last forever.

I was the worst I've ever felt physically the first few days of this month. That only lasted about 4 days.

Mentally, I've never been worse than I was around Aug 16. That lasted about 9 days.

I hope this means we're kicking it.

Good Luck to you,

Corgilla

Posted by willowtree (Member # 5268) on :

kriskraft

i am glad you posted this. i have had the same thing. i am in to my fourth bottle of mepron with zithro and plaquenil.

In the beginning the first month was just plain terrible. Then i thought for a week of two that i was stepping in the right direction. Then around the 8th week i slipped and was very down about it.

i seem to be coming out of it but slowly and i still feel like i am on the edge of something either getting getter or worse. you know that "left in a lurch" feeling.... its terrible.

hang on and please keep me posted. i would love to compare progress since we seem to be at around the same time in our mepron treatment

Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :

Hey...my third week coming up...we'll see if I herx ....then again..I haven't been a third week fella anyway.

Trout

Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :

I'm on about my nearly 7th week. Apart from feeling fantastic for 3-4 days about a week into it - I have felt pretty much consistently very fatigued and under the weather. I'm also on Biaxin.

I seem to have days or clusters of days when I think I'm herxing due to low-grade fever and goosebump feeling, etc, but they dont' really seem to fit any pattern - so it's hard to tell if it's a herx, or just my same old problems.

Also, an old symptom of chronic sore throats, sores in throat and peeling skin in mouth/cheeks is back again. Have had about 3 episodes in 5-6 weeks of that, once with very very sore glands.

DLL

Posted by KrisKraft (Member # 4329) on :

It sounds like others have had a similar herx pattern as mine. During Mepron Bottle #1, week 3, I had a gigantic almost-went-to-the-ER headache. Bottle #2 I felt great, with the biggest improvement in neuro symptoms in a year. Life was great during Bottle #3, then the first week of Bottle #4 I was hit by the sledgehammer.

In the last couple of weeks, I started taking Gingko for enhanced brain circulation, so I suspect I've been hitting bugs that were hiding out in the tiny capillaries of my brain.

--Kris