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Hi Heather some years back I was on the Zithro / Mepron combo. It can be a wicked combo. I was getting horrid vertigo when I was on it but stuck it out 3 months. I was then in Zithro for almost 3 yrs non stop until finding out that Zithro is a major yeast promoter... Good luck to hubby..
I have been on the Mepron/Zith combo for quite awhile now - probably 6 months or so.
I feel like total s##t, but at least it's not giving the the runny s##ts like your dear hubby!
For me - the MEPRON is the evil one! It can really send me thru the wringer.
I've had Lyme for say...25-30 years and I'm not even 40...not that that matters, I just want to hijack this part of your thread to let EVERYONE to know how young I am - despite wisdom just literally oozing from me all the time. I'm a young chic!
Anyhoo - I can only tolerate 2 DROPS from a dropper of Mepron as anything more makes me herx far too much. This, of course, tells me that my spirochete/babs load is rather high and that my body does not deal well with toxins. Yeah! Knowledge.
When I hear of other people taking TEASPOON doses of Mepron - I cringe! It just sounds so alien to me - like YOUR docs are OVERDOSING YOU! BUT -- the last time I went to my LLMD he had mentioned that I'm on the @#$% PEDIATRIC dose of Mepron. (See? I TOLD you I am YOUNG!)
AND at $750/bottle - at least MY bottle of the liquid gold puke-maker will last longer! HA!
Just wanted you to consider that Zith may not be the most evil culprit in the Zith/Mepron dastardly duo...
Stock up on really soft toilet paper and hemmorhoid creme, and always check your shoes!
Hugs,
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HEATHERKISS
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The LLMD said to stop until the diarhea stops. Then slowly ramp up.
We'll see if he can tolerate this combo.
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My 120 lb 19 year old begins mepron, zith and ceftin in two days.
(I will be reading this thread and forwarding it to him at school).
A year ago his brother was on mepron only (wrong, I now know) for just 6 weeks and he was directed to ramp up to the full dose.
The new llmd wants my son to jump right into full dosages of each.
I knid of pressed for babs treatment because of his mono-like fatigue and anorexia symptoms. (Guess we will see).
Wish lyme co-infections were more black and white - not gray.
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