I have been treating Lyme Babs and Bart with the same drugs for around four months.
It was time to take Flagyl which I did for 6 days that was all I could handle.
So I am having normal herx symptoms but a new onset of intense sinus facial burning. My eyes are watering my nose is running more like pouring clear liquid.
It is so painful! Nothing has helped Zyrtec, Norco, Motrin, detox bath, IV Glutithione and Meyers, IV fluids.
Any suggestions? It is miserable.
I even tried chlorella, which I added about in another post, and now I have horrible watery diarrhea!
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
hhmmmm, have you tried some mangosteen??
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
The only thing that comes to mind is sublingual (under the tongue) vitamin B12.
This is good to nourish nerves that are suffering from lyme disease. If what you are experiencing is a neuropathy, and I think it may be, the vitamin B12 should help it.
When my lyme doc told me to start taking it for my various nerve pains, I didn't see how it could help, but it did the trick. Didn't take that long either.
Buy it at a health food store, and take the dosage on the bottle or even double it at first.
Be sure you let the tiny pill dissolve completely under the tongue. It is easy to forget and swallow it, but you don't want to do that. The stomach acid will destroy the vit B12. That's why you want it to be totally absorbed in your mouth.
I certainly hope this gives you some relief. Flagyl is a very powerful lyme drug. Not surprised you had such a reaction.
I would say to keep taking the sublingual vit B as long as you are taking the flagyl.
See this quote from page 15 of Burrascano, regarding the effects of flagyl:
"Flagyl can be irritative to the nervous system- in the short term, it may cause irritability, "spacey" feelings, etc. Longer term, it can affect the peripheral nerves, causing tingles, numbness, etc. If mild, a change in dose may be required. Often, extra vitamin B can clear these symptoms. If the nerve symptoms persist or are strong, then metronidazole must be discontinued or these symptoms may become very long lasting."
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