I also have coartum on my list to try soon. My LLMD said I need to be off all other meds and supps for the 30 day course.
My PCP just approved going off my Beta Blocker for the 30 days and just watch my BP closely.
If I recall, the protocol is two weeks on, one week off , then one more week. Others here have done differnt dosing.
From what I have read it is pretty toxic. I've tried most all other Babs treatments and just need to find a combo that gets me 80% and I can afford for the long haul.
Good luck and keep posting.
gmb
Posted by oceangirlSA (Member # 40873) on :
I was on one pill of coartem per day and it was helping but after one and a half months, I developed severe tendonitis in my shoulders and lots of severe muscle pain everywhere.
My doctor said I had a side effect to the drug and took me off it.
I really wish I could tolerate it as I cannot take Mepron or malarone. They just wreck my gut.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
Coartem was the drug that got me over babesia duncani. I pulsed it about every 2-3 weeks for 3 months. I took malarone in between.
Coartem is generally pulsed for 3 days because it has a derivative of artemisinin - artemther. It comes in a bottle with 24 tablets and you take 4 twice a day for 3 days.
You should be off macrolide drugs for several days before and after. i just quit the malarone the day before and then re-started the day after.
Some doctors may prescribe it differently but you should always pulse it because of the artemther. I still take a round of it every now and then just to be sure the babesia is gone and also because it might help with the Protomyxzoa to keep it suppressed.