posted
I started for ampiric babesia treatment around 4 weeks ago. It caused serious muscle pain and fatigue. I have received a report for last 3 months because of depression and I am going to start to work again after 10 days.
I have used bactrim ds 2x1,5 tbl artemisin cap 2x2. I have been using artemisinin 3 weeks on ,one weeks off. After I paused artemisinin, muscle pain and fatigue disappeared slowly. My babesia test is negative but I have some symptoms that lead me to be suspicious of babesia such as air hunger which decreased some degree with bartonella treatment and over sweating in the summer and profound psychiatric illness. I need to start for artemisinin once again tomorrow and I brood on how to start to work because of herx reaction that will be created by artemesinin.
I wonder that instead of continuing artemisin 2x2 capsule, I can take 1 capsule at nights and as herx reaction emerges less and less I can increase the dose of artemisinin more. Isn�t it a more rational way?
Posts: 182 | From turkey | Registered: Jan 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
Take a full dose of artemisinin becouse it leves the body fast and you dont wont to make babesia resistant to medication.
Posts: 482 | From Nebraska | Registered: Feb 2010
| IP: Logged |
beths
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 18864
posted
I take 2 art a day-split dose per my LLMD. I think the zith prevents resistance
Posts: 1276 | From maryland | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged |
nefferdun
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 20157
posted
If you don't take it regularly and in high enough dose, the babesia will become resistant to it. You should take it 2-3 times a day. From what I have read you need to work up to a lot - 900 mg a day.
-------------------- old joke: idiopathic means the patient is pathological and the the doctor is an idiot Posts: 4676 | From western Montana | Registered: Apr 2009
| IP: Logged |
tick battler
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 21113
posted
You might try adding grapefruit seed extract to your protocol. 10 drops in juice/water twice daily worked to kill our babesia. Prior to that, a year of bactrim, zith, Mepron and artemisinin didn't kill it in my children. They only developed an allergy to the artemisinin.
We didn't herx too much on the GSE, but did have increased night sweats with it for awhile until it lowered the level of infection. It also kills candida.
tickbattler
Posts: 1763 | From Malvern, PA | Registered: Jul 2009
| IP: Logged |
My weight is 95 kg and I think 2x1 capsul is not enough for me. But if I start with 2x1 and increase the dose to 2x2 whenever herx loses its supress, can bactrim prevent resistence progress?
Posts: 182 | From turkey | Registered: Jan 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
My LLND has me combining Artemisinin with CryptoPlus (Clinical Response Formulas) for Babs.
I attended Dr. B's CALDA talk in Santa Rosa, CA last week and he said that hypercoagulation is often the problem that interferes with Babs. treatment.
I'm on Heparin and Bolouke for hypercoag. Have you had a hypercoag. blood panel run?
-------------------- "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." Anonymous Posts: 450 | From California | Registered: Feb 2008
| IP: Logged |
blinkie
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 14470
posted
4seasons-did Dr B talk about how to treat the hypercoagulation and can it be done during babs treatment?
Posts: 1104 | From N.California | Registered: Jan 2008
| IP: Logged |
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
The
Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic