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Topic: Urgent: feedback on artemesia: hard on stomach?

Talktel
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 7980

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Hi all,

I'm starting artemisia today for babs, two capsules 3x daily. in addition to malarone.

I've never been on it. LLMD told me to take a break from crypto that I may have plateued on crypto.

Is artemisia hard on the stomach?

What side affects should I look out for? And if yes, how do I deal with that?

Did you find it helpful for babs? I need feedback on this.

Lymehead

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RI

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Larae30
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Member # 35220

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I never have had any stomach issues from it.

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Treating lyme, bart and babs

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ralphi
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No problems here from artemisia. Malarone was a different matter, however...

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Talktel
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Member # 7980

posted

thank you guys!

have you had a Lyme or babs herx with artmesia?

I kinda feel 'herxy', but its just the first day. And it feels more like my lyme sx flaring.

Is this typical?

Lymehead

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RI

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ktkdommer
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Yes, definitely herx with artemesia. I would start slowly and ramp up.
Your dose seems huge. What brand are you taking?
We take Zhang's and it is just 1 capsule 3 times a day.

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Elaine G
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If you get ear pain from the Art-2, drop your dose.

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Talktel
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Member # 7980

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I forgot to ask if art can be taken at the same time as abx meds?

I know I should have asked my LLMD, but its too late to ask now.

Can someone help me out with this?

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Talktel
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Oh, I'm taking the Zhang protocol art.

I'm taking this dose for one month, and next month down to 1 capsule 3x daily. That's what the nurse told me today.

BTW, Manybites, I don't get what you mean about starting with a 0 capsule and after empty 0 capsule.

Can you please explain? I feel real foggy now, so please try to make it understandable.

I appreciate everything

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RI

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tickbitt
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Artemisia can be taken with all the usual TBI abx.

I'm taking it (6 capsules/day) with mepron, minocycline, biaxin, cipro, and diflucan. I won't say there aren't any problems - the insomnia is pretty bad - but they're not from meds<->artemisia interactions.

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Talktel
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you are so helpful!

Thank you manybites. I did feel some ringing in my ears tonight after I took it.

And I'm glad that I can take it together with other meds, as spacing that apart has become impossible already.

I'm on bicillin LA IM, doxy, malarone, nyastatin, and more. I might be adding in Septra if my stomach holds up.

So many supplements and meds that need to be spaced apart, that I couldn't handle that anymore.

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RI

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Larae30
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I do Dr. Zhang's and do 3/day. Should I try for more? I pulse it every month. I am also wondering if I should try to art-2?

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tickbitt
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I'm taking six of these per day. 500 mg tablets.

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Kristen J.
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Making Liposomal Artemisinin in the blender with Lipo health from biopure. Plus grapefruit juice for absorption.

No stomach problems....

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Talktel
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Im still unsure if I can take art together with my monodox abx, (its a doxy), because I've been told not to take vitamins two hours before or after.

As for my gut, I was quite nauseaus yesteday, and my gut rumbling, which I think is more from art than the monodox abx.

I'd been taking monodox for two weeks before I started this artemsia capsules.

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