Pinelady
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http://www.physorg.com/news191738692.html In the latest double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial, 42 patients were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups --
rifampin plus doxycycline, rifampin plus azithromycin, or placebo.
All the patients tested positive for Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia pneumoniae.
They received combination antibiotics or placebo for six months and were followed for three months post-treatment.
Patients treated with the combination antibiotics improved significantly more in measures of the swelling and tenderness of joints and symptom assessment.
In fact, the researchers report, 22 percent of patients receiving combination antibiotics experienced complete remission of ReA, while none in the placebo group did. Significantly more patients receiving combination antibiotics tested negative for Chlamydia bacteria in their blood or joint tissue following treatment.
Adverse side effects, mostly gastrointestinal, were mild.
-------------------- Suspected Lyme 07 Test neg One band migrating in IgG region unable to identify.Igenex Jan.09IFA titer 1:40 IND IgM neg pos 31 +++ 34 IND 39 IND 41 IND 83-93 + DX:Neuroborreliosis Posts: 5850 | From Kentucky | Registered: Dec 2008
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I wonder if they got the idea from the way LLMDs treat Lyme. You can almost substitute the word Lyme for the word Chlamydia in the article.
And why are they allowed six months of combination treatment and Lyme only six weeks of monotherapy and you are supposedly cured?
I guess without an accurate test they can keep insisting the borrelia bacteria is gone. Posts: 472 | From New Jersey | Registered: Dec 2007
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treepatrol
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I preffered biaxin xl,minocin,rifampin they seemed to finish it off? Just a thought. minocin is a smaller molocule than the other cyclines? not sure about the new tigecycline
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ping
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treepatrol, a curious question for you. What's the efficacy of Minocin over generic minocycline? I've used both and found no difference. What have you found?
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treepatrol
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No diff me too!
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ping
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treepatrol - Reason I asked is because I found Minocin to be so much more expensive than generic, so wondered what you knew that I didn't know. Thanks!
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Maybe it is time for those of us with positive Cpn tests to be treated this way.
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