I had my first visit in Aug with Dr C. He started me on clinda/quinine for 10 days and rotate to Biaxin/plaquenil for 10. I did a round of both but was sick more than not. I could not tolerate the quinine at all! My ears rang so bad after just 2 days of 1 a day. I called and they said stop all and start Zithro 250mg 2x day. What do I need to know about this drug? I decided to take a few days off before starting it.
Posted by janet thomas (Member # 7122) on :
I wouldn't be too worried, I doubt zithro will hit you like quinine did.
You should read the wikipedia article on quinine-very difficult to tolerate.
This was posted a while ago but i found it informative:
Rianna Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts) Member # 11038
posted 09 January, 2009 05:53 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Jay,
My LLMD wants me to start this right away SCARY MARY
He said he has had very very good response with Primaquine when used with Clindamycin/quinine, he said as long as its not used as monotherapy its excellent.
trouble is I cant get it here in the UK so will have to try Spain/USA - any ideas anyone?
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Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
JS, that first protocol sure sounds familiar. The good ole' Dr. C Babs treatment. I too struggled with Quinine and the dosing used is baby amounts compared to IDSA recommendations, BUT the duration is longer i believe. In general, it's a hard drug. Didn't do anything for me for Babesia. Too short of a treatment.
I think you'll have Zith better at the doses used.
Posted by JS in OK (Member # 24526) on :
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I too struggled with Quinine and the dosing used is baby amounts compared to IDSA recommendations, BUT the duration is longer i believe. In general, it's a hard drug. Didn't do anything for me for Babesia. Too short of a treatment. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)