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Still on 250mg x2 a day, I ramp up to 500 in 2 weeks per my LLMD. It has only been two weeks, I take the abx and a quality probiotic both on an empty stomach...the empty stomach and probiotic thing were both recommended by my LLMD.
All I gotta say is, there is a light at the end of this tunnel, hang in there people. Good, random abilities and feelings have been trickling back to me here and there that I forgot about, and as a whole I am certain things are much more manageable than before the Biaxin.
Good stuff for lyme A+, no side effects except some insomnia and diarrhea (aren't we used to all that anyways by now?)
Get a good probiotic guys, it makes a huge difference whether this stuff works or not for you.
Will report a month into 1000mg/day see where that puts me.
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Yes I take 2 hours before or after food. Label says you can do either. Pharmacist and llmd both suggested empty stomach.
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Did your llmd explain to you why it is better to take them on empty stomack? Increase the effect, I suppose?
How do you manage your schedule then? Do you take any probiotic and other supplements? With all the things she has to take, I am struggle to make suggestion on when to take what. Her day is occupied with medicine taking.
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Well he explained that the probiotic must be taken on an empty stomach otherwise high acid levels can kill most of the bacteria (which they sort of do anyways).
No clear explanation on the abx empty or with food.
So my schedule is wake up...take biaxin and have coffee. Eat an hour or so later. Take probiotics mid-late afternoon on empty stomach. Take last Biaxin several hours after dinner, 8 pm or so. Make sure to get a good B-complex in around at lunchtime or something.
If you are looking for a quality probiotic my favorite is this one:
I will have her try to take biaxin with empty stomach. Only of course she also takes doxy and I think that drug needs to be taken with food or the stomach will be under siege.
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I just started Biaxin (is this what you all refer to as abx...I don't know what that is) yesterday....but this was prescribed by my GI doc for an ulcer.
I HATE that stuff. I have only taken 2 pills so far and both times it gave me a horrible awful bitter taste in my mouth and also made my stomach upset. I hope it is worth it.
I started taking Doxy about 10 days ago and other than maybe 1-2 days I have had no herx and felt a LOT better.
Biggest issue I have now is that I have extreme bloating in the evening and also vag yeast infections. I got some probiotics but I'm not sure they're any good or working. I will try your link above.
Thanks for posting this. I took Biaxin after eating....maybe I should try it on an empty stomach
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I take both doxy and biaxin so I have to take it with food. I take them at the same time. 3 times a day with each meal.
Tried doxy with no food. Not pleasant at all!!
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Here is a thought for those of you who have that metallic taste in your mouth. Dr. S. recommened that I put the pill in and empty 0 cap. You can special order them. They are very cheap. Biaxin fits in an empty triple 0. It really got rid of that bad taste. Also, the extended release Biaxin seems to be better on your stomach than the regular one. I had trouble in the beginning but after doing those two things it made a world of difference.
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