LymeNet Flash: Ketek with Mepron-Dose?

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Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :

Hey....

I know some of you are SOLD on Ketek...so of those that are taking it with Mepron..I am curious...what is the dose?

And did you ramp it up or what?

Trout

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Posted by lymster (Member # 5964) on :

Hey trout...!

The dose for me was 800mg of Ketek and 2 tsp of mepron. Ketek was 800 mg at once and the mepron 1 tsp on the am -with greasy food- and another tsp on the pm with more greasy food.

I never did the ramping; I started full dose since day 1 and the headaches/dizzines were out of this world for the first 3 weeks; then things got somehow...... better.

Take care,
Lymster

Posted by lymster (Member # 5964) on :

forgot to tell you that I am not SOLD on Ketek at all; as a matter of fact I think the zithromax kicks butt better.

Just my opinion after all my adventures on Lymeland.

Lymster

Posted by ICEiam (Member # 7519) on :

Daughter was on 800mg Ketek once a day and one TSP twice a day Mepron, she didn't ramp up either, just went for it all at once. She got a HUGE headache about the 3rd or 4th

day into the Mepron and it has never gone away. She was on Mepron for about 2 months and now is off of it trying to get rid of the never ending headache. LLMD put her on Plaquenil in place of the Mepron.....

Good luck!!

Posted by robi (Member # 5547) on :

I did Mepron 1 tsp in the AM and i tsp in the PM. 800mg of ketek all at once in the AM. No ramping. Was so sick at the time I just don't know hat the immeadiate effect was. I did mepron for months. I am still on the ketek.

Only did Zith for 2 weeks so cn't really compare to the etekas I wasn't onlong enough.

All in all I am improving, although the last several weeks have been hard.

Hope the mepron works for you. Areyou taking Artemisinin with it?

robi

Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :

I have been treating Babs since this past winter...Mepron 2 tsp, Zithromax...500mg and then just bumped it to 750mg recently...oy.

Arte....not yet...next week...I am trying to balance the finance burden of of everything a little better....so choices get made....things get sacrificed.

I am on the fence about ketek...I was doing really good...candida has come up andd hit me hard.

Thanks for the replies.

Trout

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Now is the time in your life to find the "tiger" within.
Let the claws be bared,
and Lyme BEWARE!!!
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Posted by suki444 (Member # 18960) on :

Hi Trout
i took 400mgX 2 daily with Mepron then was on Ketek only...it did seem to help my symptoms...but then I got candida overgrowth and then a possible allergic reaction - red itchy hives all over. So no more Ketek for me!

I didn't ramp it up but did get an ECG to make sure my heart QT interval was normal as advised by my LLMD

BW
Emma

Posted by ponytail (Member # 36) on :

I did 8 months of Zith + Mepron w/ a pos Babs test after "finishing"! I had been treated on a "hunch"!

This doc started me on 1 tsp Mepron BID and only 400 mg Ketek (not sure why).

When I did the Zith/Mepron I "ramped" up!

When I started w/ the Ketek, I took it alone for 5 days then added 1 dose of Mepron for 3 days and then to full dose!

I ALWAYS do my meds that way and it seems to help me!

Daughter child has been on Ketek (800 mg) for a year and in March, Dr. J started her on Plaquenil w/ it.

We've both responded to this med as good or better than any others!

I've been on all kinds of IVs and many different oral meds since 1999 - still SICK!!! But, better than before!

Katie has been in treatment since 2002. She is doing some better too!

Hope this helps!

Sherry

re: yeast - we both take Acidopholis and ADP (Oil of Oregano) - seems to help!

Posted by janet thomas (Member # 7122) on :

I'll chime in.

For me zithro didn't do much, ketek was better but ketek and bicillin now seems to be making a noticeable improvement.

Posted by NP40 (Member # 6711) on :

Hey gang, where's the artemisinin ?
I swear by that stuff but only in combo with zith/mep, or zith/plaquenil, or zith/malarone, etc.

My son did 3 months of babs treatment off and on [pulsed 3 weeks on, 1 week off]. Did zith/mep/art the first time. The next two times he did zith/plaq/art. Hasn't exhibited babs symptoms in months. He pulsed the mep/plaq/art only, not the zith.

Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Now is the time in your life to find the "tiger" within.
Let the claws be bared,
and Lyme BEWARE!!!
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