Heres what i was on at the same time.

Ceftriaxone IV 4gm/day, Flagyl, Mepron, Zith, Artemisia + nystantin. I had the triple B Babesia, borellia, bartonella.

Needless to say I was in extremely bad shape when I started treatment. It took 6 months for the mepron to work, and that only after I increased the does of artimesia. I only take malarone, artiminisin and ketek now.

I am now back to skiing every 2 to 3 days.. and able to write semi intelligently although the speeling has been permanently damaged.

Anyway, if I do what is rXed to me it will be each day 2 tsp. of Mepron - 750 mg of Zithro - and 1700 mg of Septra - then on third week 1000 mg of Flagyl...so you think I will live through it?

Thanks again for the reply...I have been on the 750 of zithro/mepron for the last two days...think I will introduce 850 of the Septra and see how I fair and then onward and upward from there...

This was second time around for treatment. The first round was a botched text book treatment. The second round was really tough as compared to the first time.

I did notice that the really good symptom flairs that where followed by significant improvement where all characterized by a couple of days of extremely sick feeling.

The first time I even stopped the meds and did a liver panel that day because I though that I couldn't take it anymore, the next times I just pushed through after figuring out what was going on.

I did weekly blood work and still do due to the Ketek and malarone.

Flagyl the second time around was pretty easy the first time it was a bit rougher.

One thing to remember. Sequenece the drug startup and discontinuance, Otherwise you won't know what each drug is doing.

It takes about 4 days for each of the drugs to kick in so I usually waited 6 days before adding a drug.

Dont take mepron alone. The parasite will become immune to mepron alone (at least as reported in clinical trials), It has to be taken with zith or another macrolide. So if you did want to sequence the start up I would start with zith then mepron then .... Still go with way the Dr says.

You'll be ok, although there will likely be a few rough days.

--when he took Septra, the hubby became steadily more allergic to it, and had to discontinue it after about 12 days. Septra is associated with Stevens Johnson syndrome, and the reaction to it can be very dangerous. I don't think the problem was in the combination of mepron/zith with Septra -- just the septra itself.

He also got a mepron rash, but that was a localized patch of reddened skin on his chest and stomach. The Septra rash was raised, itching bumps that appeared on his hands, ankles, and back, and spread fairly rapidly from there. Also peeling skin. The septra rash and itchiness started subsiding about 24 hours after he quit taking septra, but it took a good week for it to disappear altogether.

I also think that the artemisinin we took (300 mg morning and night) helped with the babesia.

I am on Mepron/Zith/Bicillin & Artimisinin. Was off Zith for a long time and improved even without it. It was added back in recently because I was getting some return Babs symptoms. So, I guess the macrolide for Babs theory is correct - we'll see. I sure feel crunny on the Zith, though.

Artimisinin has been a big help. The manufacturer recommends taking a break every 4-6 weeks. I do and I can always tell the difference because the chills & fevers come back for a couple of days.

Must say, I am tired of swallowing the yellow goo.