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lynliz
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Hi, I've been on ketek for 3 months now and it's a miracle drug when it comes to helping with the concentration and brain stuff.

I really don't want to stop my ketek treatment but I can't find a good bart drug that won't interact with it. I wanted rifampin for bart bu there's drug interaction. I don't want to leave the ketek but need bart treatment ASAP.. Any suggestions?
thank you,
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Good question
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Our LLMD stopped all other abx while treating Bart with rifampin. Said that rifampin doesn't like any other abx.

I don't know why, however. Seems to be clearing some of the symptoms for the last 2 years, so we will keep on it.

Good luck
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quote:
Originally posted by janet thomas:
Good question

What about minocycline and ketek; mino treats bart right?
Is there a drug interaction for those?
thanx
Lynn

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Are you taking anything with the Ketek at all? Mino and doxy have action against bart, but I don't know if they are compatible with Ketek. Levaquin is really good for Bart, but might be too much to take with ketek.
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I was wondering if you are on the Ketek for the treatment of Lyme?

I have bever heard of that as a treatment, but am interested b/c I believe its part of the pennicillan family, and I do well with pennicillans.

Does Ketek cross the BBB?

Thanks for any info!

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ketek is the newest macrolide used to treat lyme and,AFAIK, does not cross well
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ketek is the newest macrolide used to treat lyme and,AFAIK, does not cross well
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Hi,

How about a fluoroquinolone such as Levaquin? This can be used for Bartonella in combo with erythromycin (macrolide), but perhaps it might make a good combo with the ketolide (ketek). Just something to consider.

Ketek info: http://www.drugs.com/ketek.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telithromycin


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I can tell you what I take, but please be careful with this, if you try it. There's no guarantee that this is safe, I was just lucky. Also, I take very strong liver support supplements.

Ketek 400mg/2x day
Rifampin 150mg/2x day (open 300mg capsules, pour half into gel caps)
Omnicef 300mg/2x day
Dr. Zhang's Hepa Formula 2 for liver support
Nystatin for yeast


I also take medicine for babesia, but you didn't say you needed that.

There is no way I can take the 300mg/2x day of rifampin that is the normal bart dosage. Again, I'm just lucky I didn't have a severe case of it. Even so, it took a couple of months before I really started to see the symptoms diminish to the point where I could skip a dose and not immediately relapse.

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