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Topic: can i pulse levaquin???

dian
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I am going to be starting levaquin next week and my lyme dr told me to take 250 mg on Mon, Wed, and Fri...

Is this safe??

thanks

diana

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joalo
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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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TF
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The Burrascano Guidelines say to take 500 mg of levaquin (levofloxacin, generic name) per day for at least a month.

From p. 24 of Burrascano:

"The drug of choice to treat BLO is levofloxacin. Levofloxacin is usually never used for Lyme or Babesia, so many patients who have tick-borne diseases, and who have been treated for them but remain ill, may in fact be infected with BLO. Treatment consist of 500 mg daily (may be adjusted based on body weight) for at least one month. Treat for three months or longer in the more ill patient. It has been suggested that levofloxacin may be more effective in treating this infection if a proton pump inhibitor is added in standard doses."

Are you taking a number of other antibiotics also? If you are not, if you are just taking the levaquin alone, then I would have to say that this is an extremely low dose.

I got rid of bartonella by taking 500 mg of levaquin per day for 1 month. In March, it will be 6 years since I completed my treatment and I am still symptom free, enjoying my life. That's what worked for me.

Is your doctor known as a "low and slow" doc? meaning that he gives very low doses of meds and the person slowly gets well--like over 3 or more years?

This website gives important info about taking levaquin. You have to be sure not to take calcium (milk or dairy products), iron, magnesium, etc. any time near the levaquin. Read this carefully:

http://www.lymebook.com/antibiotic-treatment-for-babesia-bartonella-ehrlichia-co-infections

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