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So my doctor wants me on mepron and zithro for 7-10 days. He said that should take care of babesia. I'm seeing a new LLMD in 4 weeks. Should I even bother taking the medication or should I just wait until I see my new highly recommended LLMD in a few weeks. I'm sure the new doc will want to test for babesia.
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Sammi
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I have never heard of ten days of treatment being adequate for treating Babesiosis.
You may want to call the new doctor you will be seeing and ask about taking this; however, the doctor may not be able to advise you until he/she has taken your history and examined you.
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I think malaria treatment is often 7-14 days.
Maybe babesia can be treated this quickly if lyme is not involved.
That's pretty scary though if this doc really believes it'll do the trick.
I vote don't take the 7 days of meds, and get in with your new LLMD asap.
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Maybe the doctor means it will take care of the suspicion of babesia. I would think 7-10 days of meds will tell the patient either you have it or don't. Although some folks don't herx until 30 days.
I agree. Go to LLMD who we hope knows what to do.
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Just wait until you see the LLMD. It could do more harm than good building up resistance to Mepron. I assume he is giving you Mepron as it is the most effective drug against babesia.
It is really very ignorant because Mepron takes a month to build up completely in your blood. That is why the worst herx is usually at four weeks.
Then it takes at least 4 months for the red blood cells to replenish themselves and get rid of the babesia. That is why the minimum treatment time is 6 months.
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The only study and literature about Babesia and Mepron states that all of the patients got better after 7 days of treatment. My doc only really wnats me on it for 2-3 months but I didn't feel any improvement until about 2 months in.
I'm starting to feel a little better. No improvement yet with the drunk/drugged feeling but hopefully that will come soon. I'm going to try and convince him to keep me on it longer but we'll see what happens.
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Wait until you see the new LLMD. Your current doctor is wrong in his approach.
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