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mik
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Member # 7261

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What would I have done if I would not have happened upon this site? Since I've found and scoured this site and others like it, I have made an appointment with an LLMD, as you say, for my son. Unfortunately, we can't get in for a little more than a month. In the mean time, I called our GP and he sent us to a pediatrician. I told her the whole, long story and she was very kind. However, she asked me what I thought we should do. That scared me. I'm not in the practice of diagnosing and perscribing treatment for people. My degree is in communications and my Lymes education consists of about three-days worth of reading up on the subject on the internet. After she looked up Lymes in a book in her office, she perscribed my son doxy. This leads me to my question. Now, we have amox and doxy for my son. These are just to get us through the next month, until we see the specialist. Should I keep him on the amox., switch to the doxy or do I mess with giving him both?.
He's doing somewhat better after three days of amox., but certainly not the energetic boy we know he is. He's told me his body won't obey his brain!!!

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liz28
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Even when you do get in to see an LLMD, you will have to be educated about Lyme and the co-infections. This is a whole different ballgame from more mainstream health problems, because so little is known about chronic Lyme, and there is almost no peer review of the doctors who prescribe for it.

You are much, much better off if you know about the various treatments in advance, especially if a child is involved who cannot take the kinds of drug combinations you will read a lot about on Lymenet.

Doxy is much more effective than amox, and adults usually take 200mg/2x day. It should be taken after a meal, not on an empty stomach. In terms of harmless actions you can take now, you might consider adding in artemisinin, a benign but useful herb sold at health food stores, in case you are also dealing with a co-infection called babesia, which blocks the effectiveness of Lyme antibiotics.

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Aniek
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I'm not a doctor myself, so this isn't really advice. Just something to think about.

I'm not sure how young your son is, but children are smaller than adults and therefore have smaller doses of medicine. I'd just keep that in mind before you mix medicine from different doctors or start adding supplements.

It also depends on how long you think he's had Lyme. If it's recent, then time is precious and you probably do want him on something that will definitely kill the Lyme (doxy).

If you think he's had it for years, then a month really isn't that long as far as being on something less effective.

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lou
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My pill book says doxy (and others in tetracycline group) are not usually given to children under 8. Don't know how old your child is or whether it would be OK for a short time. How much amoxy do you have? Enough to last until your appt?

Have you read Dr. B's treatment guidelines in the newby links?

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Lymetoo
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Originally posted by lou:
My pill book says doxy (and others in tetracycline group) are not usually given to children under 8.

That's what I thought. Her child is 2 1/2.

Yes, mom....you will become the director in this until you get to an LLMD. Live and learn is the ticket! Good job!

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