right now i have been takin 2000 mg amoxy a day, i am starting iv in a couple weeks but waiting to get better insurance for that. for the past couple days i have never hurt so bad everywhere, places i did not even know could hurt, every muscle, every joint, head, ribs,you name it, it hurts.
so my question is from what i here amoxy doesnt work that good for lyme, is this a possible herx or am i just getting worse all of the sudden?
i have had pains, but nothing like this?
Posted by mlkeen (Member # 1260) on :
Greetings- Amox will kill some bacteria and result in herxing. I actually did amoxicillan for 3 months a few years ago when it was thought to be effective. I felt great, for awhile. My symtoms went away but the lyme deep in my tissue were still there. I didn't seem to have neuro lyme, but now know that all lyme is neuro and amox doesn't get it all.
You will be reducing your keet load and may hurt less when you do IV.
Mel
Posted by sunshine24 (Member # 6867) on :
i had all my symptoms but 100% worse.the doc thought it was a bad reaction but it was me herxing so i continued but it was the worst i ever felt since ive been sick with lyme. thank god i was only on amoxy 4000 for 2 wks. good luck with iv ive heard good and bad about it but i dont know how bad you are
Posted by Bacteria Bess (Member # 5923) on :
I have been on amoxy now for three weeks, three days after taking 4000mg amoxy the same thing happened to me, the worst pain I have had since being treated for almost a year and a half. Vicodin would not even touch it, still have pain but not as bad. Hope your feeling better.
Bess
Posted by TheCrimeOfLyme (Member # 4019) on :
Dont believe everything you read. Dont discount what you do.
Amoxicillin worked GREAT for me. It damn near put me in remission. Everyone's lyme is different: EVERYONE's.
Everyone has a different strain,d ifferent co infections, different symptoms. Everyone will respond to different meds.
Some people have lyme in their tissues, and thus will respond to a tissue penetrating drug such as Biaxin or ZIthromax. Some have it in their blood and it will respond to blood drugs such as amoxy or clindamycin.