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Posted by louis2 (Member # 9238) on :

I just started back w/ DR R in nyc i had a

positive blood test 2 yrs ago for babs and

lastyear bartonella and dr fry hemobartonella

and mycoplasma. My new protocal is mepron and

zith i have always suffered with headaches

between eyes and neck pain and cracking neck i

just finished 1 week of coratem and 3 days of

mepron etc but my head and neck are just killing

me i just dont know what to do please help i

have been sick for 25 yrs do you think its babs

or bart or lyme i also have positive western

blot igm and 2 band igg please i neeed

sugestions. How do i wait 8 weeks to see if

mepron zith works should i try add flagyl also

my ears are buzzing and full any opinion is

appreciated

Posted by momofthree (Member # 19490) on :

From what I know about my daughter and the same meds is that it is really rough. People suggested she start slow on the mepron as the herxes are the worse thing ever.

She was on three weeks of Mepron then one week of zith. Mepron was 2 teaspoons a day. We started with 1/2 two times a day to ease her into it.

Still it has been the worse thing she has gone through. I think the most important thing is make sure you are eating and drinking enough to help flush out the dead parasites.

No easy way to deal with babs. sorry

Posted by opus2828 (Member # 15407) on :

Zithromax can be toxic to the ears so if you have ringing, buzzing - I would check with the doc on that.

Some people cannot take Zith and take Biaxin instead.

Does sound like babs. Did the Coartem help you at all?

Did the pain increase when you started the Mepron?

I agree with momofthree about starting slow.

Posted by Anneke (Member # 7939) on :

Go very, very slowly because of herxing. It can be brutal and releases many toxins.