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Posted by bystander (Member # 11893) on :

The book Cause Unknown gives two notable examples of a lyme cure by way of several rounds of high dose oral ceftin.

Does anyone know the daily dosage on this?

Thanks.

Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :

2,000 - 3,000 mg daily. Most LLMDs only want to Rx 1,000 mg a day.

Posted by Amanda (Member # 14107) on :

For adults, recommended dosage for treating lyme is 1 g, 2 times a day. I have know 2 poeple who took more, one took 1.5 g 2x a day, and the other took 2.0g 2 x a day. Supposidly, there are poeple who have taken higher than this for short peiods of time.

But I think most ILADS are 1 g, 2 x a day

Posted by kareamber (Member # 20110) on :

I'm currently on 1000 mg per day. Not noticing much improvement so we're swithing around my meds and I'm gonna start pulsing.

Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :

Not sure what they mean exactly, but when I took 3,000 mg Ceftin along with 2,000 mg Biaxin plus Bicillin and FLagyl it was awesome!

Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :

How do you define awesome WC? Elimination of all Lyme symptoms? Herx that blew you into kingdom come? Just curious. [Smile]

Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :

I had a strong herx yes, and it also made many of my long term symptoms go away for good. Not Ceftin alone, but the 4 med combination. [Smile]

Awesome means it got me better! [Wink]

Posted by Elaine G (Member # 20735) on :

I'm on 1500 a day plus flagyl and malarone for Babs.

Posted by steven (Member # 13101) on :

just finished 1500 mg ceftin per day - without much improvement.