Hello all. I have an infected tooth, it's been cracked, with an exposed amalgam for a while now. I have started to have pain upon touching the gum above it, and also pain in the sinus area above it.
It needs to come out. I believe this is the very last amalgam filling in my mouth.
What can I do to make sure this doesn't make me worse? Is it true that an extraction can cause a backslide? I have heard many people here say that removing infected teeth/ amalgams is essential for healing Lyme.
What are some things I should do to prepare for the extraction this friday, and what should I do to protect myself afterwards?
One person here suggested I do oil pulling the days before, and take chlorella tablets are liposomal Vitamin C afterwards.
Is this a sufficient method? Is there anything else I should do? A different way to prepare?
Also, right now I am only pulsing Biaxin, MWF. I am guessing they will want to give me Doxy or something every day after the root canal.
I also take Malarone every day. Can Doxy be taken w/ MAlarone? Should I just aske for more Biaxin?
Sorry for all the questions, I am a little nervous about all of this.
Posted by lymeboy (Member # 24769) on :
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Posted by stymielymie (Member # 10044) on :
premed 2days before 3 days after 150 mg clidamycin tid 3 a day
Posted by linky123 (Member # 19974) on :
Lots of dentists prescribe clindamycin, be sure you are up on your probiotics. It's one of the worst abx which causes c-diff. It is broad spectrum and kills all the 'good' bacteria in your gut, leaving the c-diff bacteria room to grow. Any abx can cause it, so probiotics are a good thing no matter what they prescribe.
It is a nasty bacteria, contagious and hard to get rid of. Theralac, Florastor, VSL, and Culturelle are all good ones.
I think you can get Culturelle at Walgreens, the others you have to order, but Whole Foods sells S Boullardi, which is what's in Florastor. They just sell a different brand.
You can take the probiotics at a different time of day than the abx so the two aren't competing with each other.
Oil pulling is really good for your dental health. I just had my teeth cleaned and the hygenist couldn't figure out why I had no bacteria on my teeth. She said that was very unusual. I have been doing it for about a year and it also works on yeast and other toxins in the body.
Good luck.
Posted by lymeboy (Member # 24769) on :
will the chlorella & liposomal C flush out the antibiotics too?
I have been taking S Boullardi for about a week. I only take it once a day. Timing everything is extremely difficult, especially with a Lyme brain!
Posted by Tammy N. (Member # 26835) on :