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I have not had a Lyme test yet, and I want to make sure I do this right. If I do have Lyme, I suspect that I have had it over 10 years based on my symptoms. I am currently taking an antibiotic for acne. Do I need to stop taking the antibiotic before being tested?
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You wouldn't have to, but I did stop the abx for 10 days before taking the Western Blot. Taking abx may also increase your chances of a positive blot, but many will then stop the meds right before the test.
How long have you been on the meds/abx?
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Actually, yes. The really bad peripheral neuropathy started about a month or so after taking amox antibiotics from the dentist.
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I will have to look up herxing. Yes, I researched amoxicillin and it is not one of the antibiotics that cause neuropathy.
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Here is where Burrascano explains the Herxheimer reaction, or herxing:
"Several days after the onset of appropriate antibiotic therapy, symptoms often flare due to lysis of the spirochetes with release of increased amount of antigenic material and possibly bacterial toxins. This is referred to as a Jarisch Herxheimer-like reaction. Because it takes 48 to 72 hours of therapy to initiate bacterial killing, the Herxheimer reaction is therefore delayed. This is unlike syphilis, in which these reactions can occur within hours." (page 17)
It is a worsening of the illness due to the killing of the germs by antibiotic therapy.
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