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I don't know why, but I should, my doc insisted on Artemisinin. He even suggested a brand - Nutricology. I was able to find it cheaper on organic pharmacy than it was on Nutricology's website.
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THATS WERE I BOUGHT MINE THE OTHER ONE WERE 34.00
AND THESE WERE 17.00 BIG DIFFERENC IF THEY ARE AS STRONG ??
thans for reply sorry about cap i do this everytime because my password is in caps and i always forget. debbie from warwick
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charlie
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Artemesia is just the raw herb, Artemesinin is an extract of the herb and is WAY more potent even in the reduced amount. I guess a good analogy would be chewing some willow tree bark vs taking an aspirin tablet.
You got the right stuff, IMO it's more effective than Mepron.
minoucat
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Artemisinin is a highly concentrated extraction of quinghaosu, the active ingrediant in artemesia annua (artemesia). Artemisinin and the whole herb, artemesia, have both been used to treat malaria.
Artemisinin has 300 times the amount of quinghaosu than the whole herb.
So that might explain the discrepancy?
Artemisnin is what my doc recommended. Dosage really seems to vary -- I'm on 2 doses of 300 mg/day. Some people take more, some can't tolerate more than 100 or 200 mg daily. Suggest you start slow with it, since it can pack a powerful herx.
Some people use both the whole herb and the artemisinin together, since they feel that it is more effective with all its components. I don't use it that way, so I can't tell you any more about it.
Most of the literature I've read recommends that you take a break after you've used it continuously for 2-3 months.
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thank you so much i am also now on double dose of mepron/plaq/septra/and I.V zithromax
and artemisinin/and 5 cc glutithion a day through picc line .
just started back two days ago from one week break,
because i had a five week real bad herx,
even thought i had minnie stroke cause i had the numb fingers all the way up to my face even tounge and nose was like shot up with novicain and i no it lyme systom but
dr thought since i had been on meds for two yrs that it might not of been cause from lyme, well anyway we really are not sure but, it sure makes me scared everytime i start to feel tingle i take small asprin//
well anyway really you all have been really helpful and now i dont feel like i wasted my money !! even though it was much cheaper.. great stuff
debbie from warwick
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Well, i finally got around to ordering my artemisinin 100mg 90 capsules for 17 bucks.
I hope they are the right ones.
I like the idea of only taking 100mg at first.
Im forgetting about taking Lariam. Im just going to tell my doctor that it didnt agree with me. I would rather do something natural than try something that has such a bad reputation.
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