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Hi, I am wondering what is the best supplement to take with IV Ceftriaxone to help protect the gallbladder. My husband has been taking 1 gram once a day for 2 weeks. I have been hearing about problems with the gallbladder when on the IV. Any advice would greatly be appreciated.
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make sure your husband gets heparin to prevent blood clots, which are a seroius side effect of any I.V. type therapy.
I.V. Ceftiaxone will not cure your husband. symptoms will eventually return because the pathogen can protect itself in a cystic form that is resistant to virtually all antibiotics.
A cystic form of the pathogen is like a cocoon that the damn thing uses to withstand and protect itself from antibiotic attack.
when the antibiotics are withdrawn, the thing hatches from its cocoon and begins to re-colonize the patient.
the result is that you feel better for a time, then one by one, the symptoms return.
You must follow up with either a course of flaygl or tindamax antibiotics, both of which have been scientifically proven to destroy the cystic form of the pathogen in order to minimize, but not guaranteed, pathogen re-colonization.
tindamax is a brand name, second generation to generic flaygl.
in an ideal world, your husband should be prescribed I.V. Ceftriaxone, I.V. Flaygl, I.V. Heparin, actigall, and probiotics.
Godspeed.
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TerryK
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Yes, Ursodiol via prescription.
I have no proof that these will work but logically you may want to consider supplements that emulsify fat like phosphatidyl choline. Also perhaps something to help digest fat like hi-lipase from Nature's sunshine.
My theory, better fat digestion and processing, the less chance of building up sludge.
Hopefully others will come along with info on supplements.
Terry
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I don't think there is a supplement that is as good as the Rx in this case. Go with the Rx but then also incorporate some liver support supplement, too, such as milk thistle as that will help the whole system.
A good diet with lots of roughage is important to keep the bowels moving. Regular bowel movements are vital to help prevent gallbladder sludge.
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ended up being on of the many with gallbladder prob. on IV rocphin. was on since feb. and just had surj to remove gallbladder 2 wk ago.
gotta say, blessing in desguise. got the path report back and gallbladder was FULL of stones up to 0.5 cm in size, sluge, bile unable to get through well. stones were the crushable kind (not cholesterol). and the lining was having hemmorgaic sites throughout lining.
so, surj said was just in time from becomin full scale emergency with rupture. rocphin caused this odd "tingle" in my right shoulder from the get go, but i NEVER related it to gallbladder until started having full/on gallbladder attacks just 3 wk or so before i was in OR. The tingle i dismissed was g.b whole time. i thought was maybe just from port-a-cath surj. bc felt like that location just on the back, and had tons of inflammation after that surj.
so, in odd way..rocphin helped get out a VERY diseased gallbladder. and my body healing LOTS faster now. feel like we are on the uphill side now!!
point was, i was on agigall. did nothging to help given my situation. was on herbal liver/gall cleanse and protection since feb. got actigall in april (?) and had surj end of may.
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