I am tired of poisoning my body with antibiotics. I pulled the plug and stopped taking biaxin.
Can one take plaquenil without biaxin or maybe I will stop both and move on to herbs.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Probably some RA patients take plaq alone. Not sure.
Posted by nybasketball212 (Member # 28309) on :
Without a macrolide you are treating the autoimmune problems just not the lyme directly.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by nybasketball212: Without a macrolide you are treating the autoimmune problems just not the lyme directly.
- true
Posted by ktkdommer (Member # 29020) on :
I took plaquenil for 10 years for misdiagnosed lupus. I think it helped me so much. I was able to work full time after starting it. Now I have Lyme, I still take it.
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
Without Plaquenil, Biaxen does not work well on intracellular Lyme within lysosomes, where borrelia is theorized to remain sequestered. Biaxen requires a higher PH environment, and the Lysosomes are acidic.
Biaxen alone works very well for some patients but not as often as when combined with Plaquenil. Plaquenil alone will merely modulate the immune system, reducing some inflammation in some patients.
Posted by richedie (Member # 14689) on :
quote:Originally posted by nybasketball212: Without a macrolide you are treating the autoimmune problems just not the lyme directly.
My doctor says I have no Lyme. He says that is most likely as good as it is going to get. He said this is to treat the protozoan that Fry LABs found....so I am not sure what the biaxin is for!
Posted by tickled1 (Member # 14257) on :
How about Amantadine instead of Plaquenil. Don't some use it instead? Does it work the same way?