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Posted by UnexpectedIlls (Member # 15144) on :
 
Has anyone taken Bicillin in combination with other abx??

I am already on Zith, Mepron, Septra and Plaquenil...and am to add bicillin. Has anyone been on a combo like this??

As some of you may know I have a serious Medication Phobia...
 

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Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
 
Unexpected, medicine phobia and you're going to the aggressive LLMD, LOL!

I don't know about Septra as I've never been on it ... but the rest of the combo looks GREAT! You're gonna get BETTER!!!

Think of it this way, you hit it hard, and it's gone. You're not messing around with lower levels and teaching the bugs to hide. That's our LLMD's philosophy. Good for people like you and I who don't like meds.
 

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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
 
up
 

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Posted by Hoosiers51 (Member # 15759) on :
 
If it makes you feel any better, I've been on the high dose Amoxicillin with Mepron and Zithromax and I seem to be reacting alright. Still kickin' at least.

My LLMD seems to find no issues in mixing those above three, and he did also have me on Plaquenil with the above three until I choose to stop Plaquenil.

So I wouldn't worry too much about the Bicillin. I think the best indicator of "is it safe?" is just seeing if things start to seem "not right" when you go on it.

Keep us posted!
 

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Posted by UnexpectedIlls (Member # 15144) on :
 
Thanks Hoos!! Thanks for putting this up Lymetoo!!

I'll keep yall posted... I will start in on Monday.

Hoos, why did you stop Plaquenil?
 

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Posted by Hoosiers51 (Member # 15759) on :
 
I started getting really really bad muscle weakness, and I looked it up, and some websites were saying that it can be irreversible or serious, like the vision thing.

The place I noticed it most was my hands...they felt weak, and my fingers felt weird, like I had to think really hard to move them.

I also had a few of the other "random" side effects, like psoriasis, lightening of hair, etc........and then I just made the decision for myself to stop, because I was like, "this can't be good."

I truly believe though that it gave me a huge Bartonella herx, by making the Zithromax more powerful and helping it penetrate. So I was sad to stop it in that regard.
 

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Posted by Lymeindunkirk (Member # 7118) on :
 
The bicillin shots three times a week by themselves really helped me stabalize. I was well enough to go off antibiotics for almost a year now but am once again suffering symptoms. When taking the bicillin shots warm them to your body temp before getting the injection. It will make a difference in the pain. It works!
 

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Posted by ByronSBell 2007 (Member # 11496) on :
 
Bicillin is very effective, I would do it 1x a week for no less than 12 weeks at 2.4

Alot of people have strep infection and this will help knock that out, for me I have to do 24 weeks of it.
 

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Posted by Lymeindunkirk (Member # 7118) on :
 
Why only once a week? The medicine won't stay in your system all week. My doctor had me doing 1,200,000 units per 2 ml three times a week for almost a year. It was the only thing that really helped me get to the point where antibiotics were no longer needed for over a year.
 

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Posted by UnexpectedIlls (Member # 15144) on :
 
I am starting on the 2x a week. So I will be on a lot of stuff and I am really nervous about it

Thanks for all the feedback!!
 

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Posted by Rianna (Member # 11038) on :
 
I did the bicillin with ketek and tinidazole although it was the generic bicillin as it seemed to work far better than the bicillin I got in the states and it was a fraction of the price (7 Euro's per 1.2MU) my husband has been on this Bicillin 1.2MU twice a week with Levaquin/Valtrex and now Rifampin and after 7 months is leading a nearly normal life now - it is definately the bicillin that has given him this progress although his herx's were intense to start with.

I am on IV right now with malarone but will definately go back to bicillin eventually.

Rianna
 

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Posted by sammy (Member # 13952) on :
 
Unexpected, i'm on almost the exact same combo. Have been taking Bicillin LA, Mepron, Plaquenil, and Biaxin since July. Just saw my doc last week and started on Septra now.

It is scary being on so many medicines but i'm ready to be well again.
 

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Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lymeindunkirk:
Why only once a week? The medicine won't stay in your system all week. My doctor had me doing 1,200,000 units per 2 ml three times a week for almost a year. It was the only thing that really helped me get to the point where antibiotics were no longer needed for over a year.

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