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Topic: Artemisia annua, inputs needed

Sylvie
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Member # 188

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I would be interested in various experiences on artemisia annua or its derived products: artemisinin, artesunate, artemether. If you have used one of those products, could you tell me how it worked for you, please?

Thanks a lot!

(this has also been posted on general support)

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suki444
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Sylvie
Do you post on the french version of Eurolyme? People there have tried Artemesinin.

My LLMD Dr B says not to take Artemesia or the more concentrated Artemesinin without also being on Atov and a macrolide like Azithromcyin.

Seemingly because Babesia is a parasite it can become resistant. For this reason too breaks in therapy are not advised...minimum is usually a 5 month course of Atov x 2 /Azithromcyin 500mg daily.

The European 'Riamet' is a 5 day antimalarial based on Artemesia - Dr M of Switz. uses it, you need to be monitored by a doc and weeks off other antibiotics such as Azithromycin. Some people have needed more than one course. It's not a DIY drug certainly!

I did a course of Atov/Azith +Artemesia at times for 10 months...I felt a heck of a lot better, still to get retested to see if Babs is still there though have tested negative since.

BW
Emma

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liz28
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posted

It looks like Suki gave some great advice which I really needed as well. But to add to others' experience, I started to herx on artemisinin and went on mepron (10ml 2x/day) a week later. Other Lymenetters strongly suggested artemisinin, made by a company alternately called Nutricology or Allergy Research.

Artemisinin is currently used as a malaria treatment by the World Health Organization, and is replacing plaquenil, to which many strains of malaria have become resistant.

My babesia symptoms went away after a month of the mepron/arte combination, but came back when I stopped too soon, after three months.

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