I thought the first part of the article was good... When it got to the bullet points it seemed like a shameless plug for this one approach to medicine. But it never really said what biologic medicine is?
I am weary of of any medical practice that says they have all the answers...
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I just posted it for the information on herxing. I think "biologic" basically refers to alternative holistic medicine.
Posted by carriekaye (Member # 43533) on :
Biologic means that the medication is made from a source that is biological... like willow bark extract as opposed to acetylsalicylic acid that's created in a lab (both of which are aspirin).
Posted by Kudzuslipper (Member # 31915) on :
So...aren't the older antibiotics biologic? And the newer partially synthetic (with fewer side effects) not? erythromycin vs azythromycin? Don't people Herx more on the oldest abx?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I think the emphasis is on "natural" source.
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
I think the first article is mainly an advertisement for the Hansa Center.
Hiker53
Posted by CherylSue (Member # 13077) on :
Antiobiotics gave me my life back. I tried the herbal approach first, and got nowhere, but herxed a lot.
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
applewine,
Agree - the word is overused in Lyme community. Every little reaction isn't a herx.
I'm lucky myself to have really narrowed in on what's a flaring of sympotoms (or agitation) & what's a herx.
It's important to learn the difference so you can avoid doing things that agitate it & avoid thinking you're making progress if you weren't.
Many herbs stir up the infections and just because there's a response doesn't mean you were killing anything.
Certain vitamins cause negative reactions in my body - I'd be crazy to think it was a herx
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