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Someone I met who also has lyme just told me that the reason I'm not getting better is because I'm on too low dosage of antibiotics. Please, I need opinions: I take 2,000 mg. of amoxicillin a day and 400 mg. of doxy a day. Does anybody else think that's too low? Posts: 58 | From Andover,Ohio,USA | Registered: Nov 2003
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The amount of meds you take depends on how sick you are at the moment and what your symptoms are. I start about 6 new meds on the 30th along with 6 or 7 natural supplements. Can't afford this disease haha.
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Rhonda Posts: 24 | From Mount Holly, NC 28120 | Registered: Apr 2007
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These are evidence based guidelines developed by ILADS.
Increasingly, clinicians recommend that certain drugs used for Lyme disease be given at higher daily doses: for example, 3,000-6,000 mg of amoxicillin, 300-400 mg doxycycline, and 500-600 mg of azithromycin. Some clinicians prescribe antibiotics using blood levels to guide higher doses. Close monitoring of complete blood counts and chemistries are also required with this approach.
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Does anyone get their blood levels of abx checked? I have read this several places but was wondering if it is being done in clinical practice.
I have been in treatment with abx for 2.5 months and LLMD has not made mention of checking blood levels of abx to make sure that I have the right levels in my blood to kill the damn bugs.
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No, I don't think that is too low!!
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UNLESS you are neuro Lyme!!!!!!
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All truth goes through 3 stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. - Schopenhauer Posts: 5639 | From Aptos CA USA | Registered: Apr 2005
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It may not be the dosing of your abx thats not making you better. Everyone is different and get better on different doses. I don't think your dose of abx is low.
But there are some things that everyone with LD has to address to heal.
1.Treating for Co-infections
2.Getting rid of Heavy Metals: Mercury, Aluminum, Tin, Lead, Cadmium, etc.
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