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Topic: Should I switch ABX so soon?

Tnagel
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Member # 7328

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I have been on doxy for 4 weeks from my original LLMD, but I saw someone new just for info who said doxy is useless and I will need to take Ceftin and have posible have my sinuses scraped and gallbladder removed since it hides in your infected areas.
Does anyone have any input? Thanks!!!!!!

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lou
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Different drugs work differently in various people. So, it really depends on how you respond to treatment. In general, two drugs that work synergistically seemed to work best, at least for me.

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mlkeen
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I would take abx for a number of months and look for improvement before allowing any slicing and dicing. Lyme effects us all in our own strange way. No one can know today what your symptoms will be in 6 months.

The body is a wonderful machine and can heal a lot of damage giving what it needs.

It is important to work on making your immune system stronger so it can work with whatever abx you are on the heal you. Start with diet and exercise and proper suppliments. There is a lot of info here about options and ways to work with the abx.

Mel

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Tnagel
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Thanks,
Do you think I should stay on Doxy a little longer and then switch?

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lymie tony z
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Hi tnangel,
Here's the thing. The reason we have monthly episodes or flare ups is because that is the regeneration cycle of the bacteria....this time is also when the chetes are more suseptable to being erradicated. It is imperative that you be on some abx thru a number of these recycling processes.
I initially was on oral doxy and ammox for six months and got better every month until the ducks told me I was cured and took me off. That was a mistake cuz I regressed quickly.
Anyway....it is my opinion that after you have been thru a few cycles the new offspring have developed an immunity to the abx you had been taking and you will reach a plateu...then is the time to switch to a new abx combination. That is... when you perceive no reaction good or bad from whatever it is you're taking.
hope this helps you understand a little better........zman
P.S. All that stuff about rippin and scrapin and cuttin sounds pretty dumb to me....you should'nt let anyone worry you like that and most of us still have our gall bladders as far as I know....yeah some abx are hard on them but I still have mine after eight years of abx therapy............z
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liz28
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Sounds a little creepy to start removing or scraping body parts. And the gallbladder helps process stress, so you might want to hang on to it. If you stay on the doxy, see if you can get 400mg/day instead of 200mg.

Here's the short version of what's helping me (I was disabled for almost five years with a "hopeless" case, and abruptly got better 3 months ago): a strong combination of Lyme abx that hits the bug in its various forms all at once, abx for two co-infections (babesia and bartonella), and exercise. Aerobics gets oxygen back into your body, and yoga or some other form of stretching flushes the bugs out of hiding.

If you caught the Lyme early, and have no co-infections, the doxy might be okay. If you do have to keep going, there are at least two cephalosporins that are stronger than ceftin (omnicef, rocephin), which you will want to combine with a macrolide (ketek, zithromax, etc.) and a "cyst buster" (flagyl, tinidazole). If you do take this road, it's also smart to take some form of liver support.

People have many approaches to this, but my vote is for using strong drugs that work, and getting better faster, instead of being on weaker drugs for a longer time period.

Also, it's smart to take artemisinin for a while, since if you do have a co-infection called babesia, it can interfere with the effectiveness of Lyme abx. Artemisinin won't cure babesia, but will help control it, and will also cause a flare in symptoms, which serves as an unofficial test to see if you have it or not.

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kgg
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Sounds like this doc wants to fill the pockets of some doc buddies. Many who have sinus surgery end up needing it repeated. Not fun. And hang onto your gallbladder as long as you can. Poor advise, IMHO.

Liz28 had given some good advise.

Karen

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