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My 15 year old stated artemesinin 7 days ago and has had diarreah for 7 days. It does cause diarreah but, do you just deal with it, treat it or stop taken it?
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Having diarrhea for 7 days in a row is not good. It can lead to dehydration, passing out and falling over and hurting yourself, etc.
So, if it was prescribed by a doctor, I would call the doc and tell him what is going on and I would stop it.
When my lyme doc had me take art, he had me take it only 3 days in a row every week.
If you take art continuously, it will become ineffective after about 2 weeks. That is because the intestines will begin to make an enzyme that blocks it.
So, the lyme doctors that I know don't have their patients take it for long periods at a time.
I got rid of babs by taking Bactrim DS and the art in a pulsed fashion. That was 10 years ago now.
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We both are taking it 2 weeks of each month with the full moon in the middle of the 2 weeks.We are both on antibiotics. We both did 2 months of Coartem. I will PM TF and ask about the non effective after long periods of time thing.
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To help with diarrhea, try taking Floristor or another less expensive brand of saccharomyces boulardii probiotics.
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