I don't know where you live, but many vitamin stores, such as Vitamin Shoppe, will direct order arte for you, even if they don't keep it in stock. So don't be afraid to ask for it. If you do a Lymenet search, you can also find reputable online stores.

Riamet is a combination of 2 drugs in one tablet. Riamet is used extensively worldwide to treat malaria, esp in children. It is thought that it should work for babesia also. However, as GiGi points out, a relapse may happen if you do not first address heavy metals in your body.

My babs sx returned after six months on Zith/mepron/Artimisinin. So I am researching trying something new.

Liz, are you taking the mepron without zithromax? I am already taking artemisinin and flagyl. I have a bottle of mepron but stopped the mepron/zith treatment because the zith made me break out in a rash. But if the mepron/arte combination is working for you I might try it.

Paula

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Originally posted by liz28:
It's a combination of artemisinin and some other stuff. Even though Riamet is not available in the U.S., you can still get arte. On the advice of Lymenet people, who recommend Allergy Research/Nutricology brand, I've been taking arte and mepron for about three months, and it's working spectacularly well. It made the Lyme abx that do work for me, like flagyl, much stronger, and it's gotten rid of these rolling, debilitating fevers.

I don't know where you live, but many vitamin stores, such as Vitamin Shoppe, will direct order arte for you, even if they don't keep it in stock. So don't be afraid to ask for it. If you do a Lymenet search, you can also find reputable online stores.

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First, please keep in mind that I'm just some Lymenet lurker and not a doctor, and can't say whether the same abx combination works for everyone!

That said, I've been taking mepron 10/ml/2x day, Allergy Research or Nutricology artemisinin 400mg/day (but check the official dose on this, 400mg is more than some knowledgeable Lymenetters recommend), and ketek. The babesia is still sort of around, but it's mostly gone.

I wasn't specific enough before - I'm taking the flagyl along with doxy, for the Lyme. I'm tempted to stop treating myself for the Lyme while getting over the babesia, because I'm not even sure if I still have Lyme, but the doctor doesn't recommend it, so I haven't.

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Originally posted by liz28:
Hi, sorry I missed this until now.

First, please keep in mind that I'm just some Lymenet lurker and not a doctor, and can't say whether the same abx combination works for everyone!

That said, I've been taking mepron 10/ml/2x day, Allergy Research or Nutricology artemisinin 400mg/day (but check the official dose on this, 400mg is more than some knowledgeable Lymenetters recommend), and ketek. The babesia is still sort of around, but it's mostly gone.

One thing about flagyl... it's so powerful, there is a possibility it may suppress the symptoms of co-infections without curing them. Before going off any co-infection treatment, you might want to give yourself a test run without flagyl, and see if you relapse.

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