karen

Many apologies for not getting this post sooner. I was frantic last week, because my LLMD had refused, over several months, to prescribe both minocycline and ketek, the new hot antibiotic. It seemed like after two years together, we might have had to part ways.

But for now, everything seems okay... he caved in on both abx, and has decorated his front office with ketek kleenex boxes.

After four days on ketek, I can safely say that nothing that packs a herx this big can be unworthy of its high reputation.

karen, i glad you got everything situated and i will email you sometiem.

I found the normal dose of 800mg/day for ketek to be too much. I started on 200mg twice a day (by cutting the tablets in half) and am ramping up. I am also taking omnicef twice a day, and plaquenil once a day, and am piling on the vitamins and supplements.

The herx, which started on Day 2, is like a bad, bad head cold. Sneezing, snuffling, grogginess, gooiness, too much sleep. Am loving every second of it, as it suggests the ketek is working.

I am also doing DMSA, but not at the level you are. The dosage is 600mg per day for three days, then 11 days off, with lots of alpha lipoic acid, broken cell wall chlorella, and NAC. The chlorella might help with the symptoms you described in another post, as it boosts the effectiveness of probiotics.