you take it?
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
If Malarone is available, that's the safer option. Lariam did not cause symptoms in me, I began with 250 mg every 5 days, that's 1 pill, every five days. It was prescribed this way by Dr. H in NY.
Posted by LymeXtu (Member # 24590) on :
My son also took Lariam for babesia 250 mg every 7 days and had no bad side effects.
Our LLMD said at a recent conference doctors were told that bad side effects usually start to occur after being on it for over 4 months.
So he now had us discontinue it ( he had been on it about 3 or 4 months).
It did seem to help the air hunger, now we will see if it lasts.
Posted by ahmet ozbek (Member # 14358) on :
Thank you Metallic Blue and LymeXtu
Did you use loading dose( 5 tbl first week) and
then 1 one tbl every 7 days or only use 250mg
tbl every 7 days from beginning?
Posted by LymeXtu (Member # 24590) on :
My son did start off with 1/4 tab for 2 weeks then 1/2 tab for one week and then a full 250 mg tablet after that weekly.
Posted by valeriedc (Member # 24950) on :
I just started Lariam since the babs hasn't seemed to respond to mepron. 1250 mg in first dose then 250 mg dose once per week. It's been a rough two days-nausea, dizziness. Better today than yesterday.
Posted by ahmet ozbek (Member # 14358) on :
Valeriedc thank you for information
Posted by Amanda (Member # 14107) on :
I was on high doses of Mepron/zith/art for 26 MONTHS (yes, months)
It helped at first, but then slowly over the last 8 months I started to get worse.
So, we switched to larium. For the first 4 days, I took on larium a day. And for several days after that had drenching night sweats. Now I take 1 pill every 3 days. ITs been 5 weeks of that now, blood work was done, and we shall see if I improved. I think that I have.
But I have to say, it makes my insomnia worse. Also, yesterday, I noticed when I took the pill, last night I felt like I was having a panic attack and could not get to sleep.
But it is hard to tell, because lyme herxs make my insomnia worse, and sometimes make me very anxious....
Posted by Faith6 (Member # 14072) on :
I was supposed to start it last December and never did either because I was afraid of my reaction.
I took art and also grapefruit seed extract and did OK, but not sure how much of the babesia it touched.
Posted by ahmet ozbek (Member # 14358) on :
Thank you Amanda and Faith6
excerpt from Dr Scahller book's
Dr Horowitz treated 700-800 patient with Lariam have not had dramatically publicized side effects such as severe psychiatric problems-suicide,psycosis etc.He thinks this may me he doesn't load the Lariam,using five pills using the first week as a loading dose
He feels that in Babesia treatment, this loading can cause too many side effects
He tells patients to halt their Lariam and contact him if they feel uncomfortable with the side effects