I've just started taking 400mg a day of Doxycycline and 100mg a day of Fluconazole. Is this a good approach to tackling Lyme? I don't want one to cancel out the efficacy of the other. (I'm not sure how long I've had Lyme - anywhere between 1 and 3 months)
Many thanks,
Paul
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David95928
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Paul, It seems that people who have only been infected several months have a good possibility of cure with the dosages you are getting. Some people have taken 600 mg. of Doxy and that MIGHT provide a higher level of treatment and prevention of chronic Lyme, that many of us here have. Others hould be along to offer comments. David
-------------------- Dave Posts: 2034 | From CA | Registered: Jan 2003
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Sorry to hear that you have Lyme- but great that most likely you've caught it quite early on-
I too caught it early-...once you start feeling better, don't slip in taking extra good care of yourself- lots of rest, stay light on the carbs, very light on the alcohol etc.
I tried to go on living exactly like I did prior to Lyme- and I believe as a result, it's taken me longer to heal- I am now at 1 year and I was on Doxy 6 weeks after my bite.
for most of this past year- it's felt like I'm almost better, but then I don't get over that hurdle-
Don't want to frighten you- perhaps it's something else that is causing me not to heal so quickly-
Be good to yourself now and you won't regret it!
I don't know enough about antifungals-sorry, I'm sure someone with more knowledge on this will contribute.
Take care, Sarah
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SForsgren
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I take Nystatin with Doxy. For some reason my LLMD is not a fan of Diflucan while on Doxy, but I don't recall the reasoning. In any event, I was on 400mg of Doxy and I think it is wise to take an anti-fungal.
-------------------- Be well, Scott Posts: 4617 | From San Jose, CA | Registered: Jul 2005
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THere is also a new protocol being touted by a German doctor that suggest cycling between the anit-fungal and the anit-biotic. He suggest that the antifungal somehow makes the keets more suscepbtable to the aontibiotices, thus making them, more effective. There have been a couple of threads on here about it. Do a search on Diflucan. Best of luck.
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