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Topic: Flagyl and Foot Pain

muddyfeet
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Member # 26633

posted

I get sore ankles, feet, wrists, hands with Lyme. It does not migrate. It expands and comes and goes. Though it is almost always there now.

My foot pain is in the tops of my feet. LLMD, LLNP etc. would always ask if it was the bottom of my feet. Nope.

Not until I started Flagyl and suddenly it is there. The more Flagyl the more discomfort, pain I have on the bottom of my feet.

Anyone else experience this?

I don't know if it is a new symptoms or a abx side effect?

Thanks

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Labcorp 6/10: IgM + 41, 39, 23

IGenex 7/10:
IFA Ind
IGenex/CDC IgM +:
18+, 23-25+, 30+, 31+++, 34++, 39++, 41++, 58++, 66+, 83-93+
IGenex IgG +:
31+, 34 IND, 41++, 58+

No memory of tick/rash. Sick 1/09. Diagnosed CFIDS 7/09. Diagnosed Lyme 7/10.

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joalo
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 12752

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Up.

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Sick since January 1985. Misdiagnosed for 20 years. Tested CDC positive October 2005. Treating since April 2006.

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Remember to Smile
Unregistered

posted

Soles of your feet aching is a bartonellosis symptom coming out, not a med side-effect.

If you've just been treating Lyme Bb, then the Bart is flaring. You'll need to clear bartonellosis before your Lyme Bb can be put into long-term remission.

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migs
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Member # 16496

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It could be the soreness coming from your tarsals/bones in your feet too...result of the Flagyl herx.

When I added Flagyl for the first year or so, my wrist would hurt like it had been broken and my right hand and knuckles would gnarl up like I had Rheumatoid Arthritis from the pain and cramping.

Just a thought. I've heard other similar stories.

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muddyfeet
Member
Member # 26633

posted

This is helpful. Thanks. I've been thinking more and more I might have Bart.

I've been on Rifampin for it but maybe it is not enough and the Bart is flaring like you said Smile.

I will keep in mind the Flagyl herx as well.

The LLMD I went to decreased my Flagyl in response to me telling her about my feet.

She said she didn't know if it was a side effect or not.

She wants me to stop all meds now because of stomach probs.

Don't know how I'm supposed to get better if the docs keep pulling the meds from me!!!

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Labcorp 6/10: IgM + 41, 39, 23

IGenex 7/10:
IFA Ind
IGenex/CDC IgM +:
18+, 23-25+, 30+, 31+++, 34++, 39++, 41++, 58++, 66+, 83-93+
IGenex IgG +:
31+, 34 IND, 41++, 58+

No memory of tick/rash. Sick 1/09. Diagnosed CFIDS 7/09. Diagnosed Lyme 7/10.

Posts: 56 | From San Diego, CA | Registered: Jun 2010 | IP: Logged |

willbeatthis
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 31111

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Muddyfeet- I switched to tindemax due to flagyl and foot pain. I think it can cause neuropathy at least it did with me-

Posts: 859 | From Southeast | Registered: Mar 2011 | IP: Logged |

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