My LLMD (confirmed LLMD) attended the UNH Conference on Sunday, where certain statements were made about success of concurrent doxycycline or tygecycline (sp?)+ tindamax treatments. Other posters here also commented on this Conference recommendation.
If that's case, does anyone have any thoughts why she would recommend Bicillin + tindamax instead. I may be losing my mind, but I thought Bicillin was a completely separate class of abx than the -cyclines? They aren't the same, right?
I know I should have asked her at the time she wrote the script, but I guess I wasn't thinking clearly enough at the time. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
THANKS
Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
There is no one treatment course that works for everyone, so docs try different things. Bicillin is in the penicillin class, not the cycline group.
Posted by pamoisondelune (Member # 11846) on :
What previous drugs have you been on? They need to be rotated.
How's your digestion? Doxycycline is not so easy on the stomach. Tigecycline IV is extremely hard to tolerate, i hear.
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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Bicillin has been a Godsend for many. Perhaps it hits other infections the patient may have. We all have a MIX of infections.
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
Bicillin is intramuscular, so it may penetrate better than orals do, and might be more likely to reach the brain.