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Kudzuslipper
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In 2012, if you were going to take just one oral antibiotic...which would it be?
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I would choose herbals because you won't get well with just one antibiotic.

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Doxy

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Doxy or biaxin

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For an adult? For disseminated Lyme? An ORAL abx?
(I'm going to assume Yes for all 3.)

I wish it were an easy question to answer but everyone seems to have a different abx that works best for *them*.

I know high level amoxicillun worked best for me, but a good friend did wonderfully on Biaxin (& Plaquenil... an "anti-malarial").

Avoid 'Ketek' (telithromycin). I was on it briefly & studied up on it. In my opinion it is POISON. I felt like rat poison was flowing around in me after only a day or 2. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ketek_Debacle

They supposedly came out with a variation of this "1/2-synthetic macrolide" not too long ago that has less side-effects. Whoop dee doo.
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Clindamycin.. I prefer no abx.. Clindy I didn't have the horrible side effects as with the others.

I am one that can only do one at a time so guess I must try herbs ..
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Flagyl or Tindamax, because they kill both ketes & cysts...

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Bicillin or high dose doxy
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Andrographis - or Allicin (probably best to rotate)

Or a formula by Rain-Tree ( www.rain-tree.com )
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You don't say abx for what disease, but I'll assume lyme.

I'm with Razzle - flagyl or tindamax kill both forms. IMHO it should be the standard treatment instead of doxy.

Bart/babs/mycoplasmas all require different treatment.
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