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5 days into Flagyl treatment I feel like hell. I feel like I have the flu along with stomach ailments. In fact stomach ailments are doing me in.
Have others out there taken a day off? I am dizzy, nauseous, have runs,and extremely tired. Could this be a herx, or just the Flagyl?
I know no one knows for sure, but I would love reassurance that I should keep taking it. It doesn't seem prudent to take more when my stomach is just...out of commission.
I've been drinking plain kefir and taking probiotics. Any other advice would be appreciated.
The good news is my rash is very much faded. Thank you!
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If you have intestinal parasites, and many do, that could explain why the stomach ailments are so bad. Flagyl kills these parasites and many other types also. It kills many, many things.
As I said in another thread, when I took flagyl for lyme, it was not a bad herx at all (4 days of feeling bad and 3 of feeling half bad).
But, when I took flagyl for c. diff, that really took me to the limit. Everything you are describing. So, as you can see, when I had an intestinal issue and was prescribed flagyl, that was a whole different matter. A friend without lyme had the same experience.
It is really up to you if you want to take a day or 2 off. I hope you are doing all the detox methods you know how to do. That really is the key to keeping these "side effects" down. They are generally detox side effects, so that is why you need to detox like mad.
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I had to stop the flagyl. the dose was too high and even halving or quartering didnt help.
I was getting severe tingling and numbness in my legs. along with cramps, I jus decided it was too much. when it started in my arms, I quit.
another one to add to my never take list.
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I recommend you call your LLMD. I'm sorry you are feeling so poorly.
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My protocol was only to take it few days at a time. Presumably for this reason.
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TF, you said: "But, when I took flagyl for c. diff, that really took me to the limit. Everything you are describing.
So, as you can see, when I had an intestinal issue and was prescribed flagyl, that was a whole different matter. A friend without lyme had the same experience. "
Hmmm, interesting. I was told by a naturopath doctor that I had intestinal parasites at one time, not too long ago. Now I am getting encouraged, thank you.
I did take yesterday off. I just couldn't take it. I now understand the theory behind the pulse.
And detox. I think I went in without enough ammunition. Headed to health food store. Thanks!
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TF - For how long were you on Flagyl for C-Diff?
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I can't remember but I think it was 10 to 14 days. I still had c. diff. after that, so then I had to switch to the last ditch antibiotics for c. diff. (Vancomycin at $3,600 for 2 weeks)
I know outstanding lyme doctors who tell their patients to work up to taking flagyl for 14 days. So, they take it as many days in a row as they can. Then, they stop. Then, they do it again and again until they are able to take it 14 days straight each time.
Burrascano says that you have to take it at least 14 days in a row to kill lyme.
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OUCH!
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Yes! Good thing my insurance covered most of it. I think my copay was $300 for each 14 day supply.
I had to go on the Vanco a number of times because I was not with a top gastro and he wouldn't keep me on the Vanco long enough. He infuriated me. After months of waiting, I got in with a very good gastro who treated me once for 30 days and tapered off the Vanco and the c diff was gone.
Just want everybody to know that I got the c diff when an ENT got frustrated trying to cure my sinus infections and blasted me with a humongous dose of some oral antibiotics. I never got c diff while treating lyme and coinfections.
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