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Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :

i remember horrific stomach pain on flagyl. the doctor said biaxin and flagyl together.

but what if you can't take flagyl due to the stomach pain? is there something else?

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

Tinidazole.

You can also start out with small doses of the flagyl and see what happens. Some begin with a SLIVER of a flagyl tablet.

Posted by Jill E. (Member # 9121) on :

I'm on Alinia. Some LLMDs think it probably works as a cyst-buster and also on Babesia, but it's not as definite as Flagyl or Tindamax (Tinidazole).

Jill

Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :

Flagyl is cheap, Tindamax less so. Alinia is really expensive in brand-name formulation but I recently got it quite cheaply from India via this pharmacy in Canada:
http://www.onlinepharmaciescanada.com/opc/name-search.aspx?drugname=alinia

Sorry, 'quite cheaply' is a very relative term. Flagyl is $4/month at WalMart and the alinia is something like $1500/month in brand formulation or $75-140 from India, which still isn't as cheap as Flagyl.

It's also not completely proven for Lyme and coinfections and so forth, I think we're all kind of experimenting with it for tick borne disease whereas Flagyl is more of a known issue.

Posted by CherylSue (Member # 13077) on :

First of all, take the brand name Flagyl, not the generic. I learned this from another lyme forum, and it really made a difference for me.

Also, I started out very slow with an 1/8 tablet twice weekly. Now I'm on 1/4 every other day. It took me over a month to do this.

Also, a poster on this site suggested take SameE. I take that with acetyl l carnitine per Dr. K. Singleton's Lyme Solution book. It helps these strong medications clear the liver faster.
It does help. I'm amazed. I started at 1 tablet each (200mgSameE and 1 acetyl l carnitine) in the morning on an empty stomach 45 minutes before breakfast. It helps you up the dose of Flagyl. Now I take the second dose in the afternoon of these two. I take my Flagyl with food at breakfast.

Hope this is helpful for you.

CherylSue

Posted by pamoisondelune (Member # 11846) on :

I refused to take Flagyl or Tinidazole after reading that they cause cancer in rats.

Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :

I don't know Lyme is deadly too like cancer. I know others with cancer that have a much better quality of life than many with Lyme.

Posted by psano2 (Member # 11711) on :

Grapefruit seed extract (GSE) by Nutribiotics.