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Has any one gone from Bicillin to Zithromax for treatment? I was doing so well on Bicillin for two years and then the insurance company wouldn't pay for it so I switched to zithromax. My neuro symptoms are worse, fatigue worse more like weakness and depression worse. Is there another antibiotic that will give me the same results as Bicillin injections? Did something work for you. Thanks in advance for your response.
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Hoosiers51
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High dose Amoxicillin.
Start at 1,000 or 2,000 mg per day, and increase to at least 6,000 mg per day...though you can go up to 10,000 mg per day or more! Believe it or not, it won't hurt you. (I mean...probably...of course all drugs have risks) Amox is a very interesting drug like that.....you can quadruple the dose and not be toxic. You need to work up slowly though.
Some doctors give lower doses of it with a drug called Probenecid to keep it in the blood longer. That is another option, if your doctor is unwilling to do higher doses. By high dose, I mean at least 6,000 mg per day. But like I said, you can go up to at least 10,000...some have taken more.
Bicillin is actually Penicillin in intermuscular form. So perhaps you could take oral Penicillin, maybe with Probenecid to keep it in the blood longer. I know they do Probenecid with Amox...not sure if they use Probenecid with Penicillin but it makes sense they would.
Just keep in mind, you can't just be on a penicillin/amoxicillin/bicillin drug the rest of your life. So at some point it's a good idea to add something like Zith, even if it makes you herx, to get rid of the Lyme.
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WildCondor
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WHy dont you just take them together?
I was on 3-4 shots of Bicillin per week, and 600-1,200 mg Zithromax daily Plus Flagyl and got better. There was never a timer where one med worked by itself, having the combination was/is key.
Amoxicillin IS one drug that is used as monotherapy and usually the doses go up to 20,000 mg/day in some people. Blood levels have to be checked.
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