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Topic: 200 MG a day of Doxy

lymegal23
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What exactly does it REALLY do? Is it worthless like people say

Ive read its only BACTERIOSTATIC. so it slows down growth. But does not do ANY killing. does it only slow down growth during monthly cycles? what exactly is the strength of it when it comes to treating lyme

i tested positive for lyme a whole year ago and was put on doxy 200 mg a day from my primary care doctor for 6 months. It obviously didnt do any good. but how much help did it really give me?

i started getting so sick in sept of last year and my cd 57 is 20

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sutherngrl
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Member # 16270

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I have been on low dose doxy for almost a year and a half. It has helped me more than any other antibiotic. This was however, after being treated with other antibiotics and treating slightly more aggessively.

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365SunnyDays
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I had the same question about bacteriostatic vs bacteriocidal. I believe that the Burrascano guidelines say that Doxy will kill spirochetes if the dosage spike is high enough, which I think is the guidelines say the minimum dosage is 200 mg 2X/day. I'm up to that right now and have been for a few weeks. Seems like it's helping, but VERY slowly with very light herxes.

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Paul Mall
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I have been told you need a minimum of 300 mg to cross the blood brain barier

200 will kill some spirochetes but will not be a high enough dose to get into the brain

so you should do a minimum of 300 mg and take 200 mg in one of the doses

Paul

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Lymetoo
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Well.. it didn't hurt you any to take it! Look at it that way. It's way better than NOT being treated. [Smile]

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Lymetoo
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quote:
Originally posted by 365SunnyDays:
I had the same question about bacteriostatic vs bacteriocidal. I believe that the Burrascano guidelines say that Doxy will kill spirochetes if the dosage spike is high enough, which I think is the guidelines say the minimum dosage is 200 mg 2X/day.

yes

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