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Posted by Lynette (Member # 5993) on :

I have a friend who is a nurse practitioner. She has been very interested in our treatment and she is willing to watch and learn as we go.

We are now at the end of month 4 of doxy and lots of supplements and she has begun to question why it is taking so long for us to recover. I have tried to explain but she has more questions than I can answer.

Is there medical research that is available, that speaks to the intractable nature of Lyme and the rationale for long term antibiotic treatment? I would love to be able to pass these along to her.

She is not hostile. I feel she is tucking this info away for future patients that she sees, but she wants to understand.

I have given her copies of Dr. Burcassio's (spelling) protocol and other research as I find it.

I am grateful for any links etc. that could help educate her. Thanks

Posted by zipzip (Member # 6226) on :

google "entrez pubmed".

when the window for entrez pubmed opens put in "chronic borrelia lyme" in the search window.

Posted by Mo (Member # 2863) on :

Compilation of medical articles pertaining to persistant infection despite aantibiotic treatment, need for long term treatment and further study, ect:
http://www.lymeinfo.net/medical/LDPersist.pdf

Excellent compilation on the sporochete, all medicle papers, dating back to 1900 in study of spirochetal desease and the difficulty treating them:
http://www.lymeinfo.net/medical/LDAdverseConditions.pdf

Another compilation on the cystic forms of Bb:
http://www.lymeinfo.net/medical/LDCysts.pdf

Great PDF on symptoms, which helps one understand the complicated nature:
http://www.lymeinfo.net/medical/LDSymptoms.pdf

You can find all this on Cheryl's Lymeinfo site, I just highlighted the ones I think are very excellent, but there's more..here:
http://www.lymeinfo.net/lymefiles.html

[This message has been edited by Mo (edited 23 January 2005).]

Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :

You can also give her a copy of the ILADS treatment guidelines. Think they are on the internet somewhere. Try the ILADS website.

Posted by Lynette (Member # 5993) on :

Thanks for all the great info. I've printed some out for her and will probably give her the links posted here as there is a lot of support in the literature.

Again thanks