canefan17
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 22149
posted
Manybites once mentioned that her and Dr S(who wrote the book on Bart) would once a week take whatever they were on....
Say 1g Ceftin... and they would take 2g one day out of the week, every week.
I'm currently on.. 1g Ceftin 1g Biaxin 400mg Plaquenil (soon to be Bactrim DS)
My biggest fear, and it's happened before, is I relapsed because I didn't hit Bart/Lyme deep enough in body. So this pulsing high doses theory intrigues me.
Anyone else ever try this? Is there a chance of resistance being built by doing the high doses only once a week and going back down to regular dose?
Posts: 5394 | From Houston, Tx | Registered: Aug 2009
| IP: Logged |
sammy
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 13952
posted
I don't see how 1 high dose a week could help when Bartonella is known to replicate so fast.
The best known way to build resistance is to stop and start antibiotics and to take doses that are not strong enough to kill. Inadequate treatment = resistance.
This is why it scares me when people decide to pull themselves off their Lyme meds whenever they feel sickish, not a good idea.
Posts: 5237 | From here | Registered: Nov 2007
| IP: Logged |
nonna05
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 33557
posted
would adding Boluoke help ABX work deeper/harder and not pulse?/
Sammy is right....Off /on is not good//most doc's are freaking with On so long building resistance..
Wonder what they have in Europe So manybites didn't stop ,she just did a big hit day...I wonder if TF knows anything about it
Posts: 2563 | From Denver,CO | Registered: Aug 2011
| IP: Logged |
canefan17
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 22149
posted
That's what I meant... a big hit day. Not stopping the abxs.
Posts: 5394 | From Houston, Tx | Registered: Aug 2009
| 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