I began Ketek one week ago and have felt extremely spacey, almost to the point of dizzy for a couple of days. I was just wondering if anyone else has this symptom. Hopefully this is a herx and those bugs are dying in my brain. Any thoughts out there???
Posted by kmr5861 (Member # 6924) on :
I started Ketek yesteday Sunday. I have felt spacey also, thinking it might be a flare up killing the beasts ..
Have you had any other side effects, i'm not real hungry, which is not a bad thing
Posted by Rene (Member # 4870) on :
The only side effect I've noticed so far is the spaciness.
Posted by arg82 (Member # 161) on :
I''m about to start in Ketek, too. I have a question for others on it - does it ONLY come in boxes of 10? I just picked up my Rx for 30 and I was given three boxes of 10 and had to pay a $10 co-pay on EACH BOX. I'm wondering if it can be gotten in bottles because I believe I might only have 1 co-pay for that.
Mine doesn't come in boxes...just a regular prescription bottle. Cathy
Posted by arg82 (Member # 161) on :
I just talked to my pharmacist on the phone and apparently the $30 was just the co-pay amount for Ketek per prescription, so it wasn't $10 per box. That's a little better and explains some things. She also said that the Ketek doesn't come in a bottle, only in the boxes, which isn't what I've found when I looked online (I found many references to bottles of 60). But, whatever, it's a little better if I'm not being charged per box.
One of the side effects is blurry vision that I have noticed on occasion.
I would think that the spaciness is a herx reaction. Just my opinion.
Posted by ponytail (Member # 36) on :
Good luck w/ the med. We have seen some cognitive improvement w/ it in Katie's case!!
She had a hard herx at first and we ramped up really really slowly!! Big thing we noticed was a hacking cough! She's spacey all the time so, can't really tell much from that!!
Annie - My daughter's scrip has been filled both ways - boxes and bottle. So, it does come in a bottle!!
Personally, I like the boxes tho because I can number the doses and tell if she is "actually" taking the meds w/out putting them in the little boxes!! LOL - she's not always so cooperative!! Lately, is doing better tho!!
Sherry
Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :
Ketek may kill Babesia, so a babs herx could be one explanation for the spacey feeling. I was very tired and weak the first few weeks on Ketek.
Posted by kmr5861 (Member # 6924) on :
I'm having a awful taste in my mouth. I'm tired and spacey, but can not sleep.
