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Topic: Tonic Water Question

luke339
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 8580

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Why would Tonic Water make you feel bad after drinking it. Would this be a good indicator that i might have babs? Man that stuff tastes like crap.

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Jill E.
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Member # 9121

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Hey Luke,

I drink tonic water for the quinine because I have been unable to begin Babs treatment yet. But I only drink a small glass and I feel no effects from it. I would guess that the amount of quinine is rather small.

When I used to see a Lyme naturopath, she was the one who recommended drinking tonic water for Babs until I could go on artemisinin or something strong.

How much do you drink?

I discovered that squeezing some lime in it is rather tasty.

Jill

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snowflake
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 8950

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yes,

I would say this might be an indicator of babesia infection.

I am currently on clindamycin/ quinine rotation with biaxin and trust me, the quinine sux the big one.

Severe headache, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, chest pain, and weird vision stuff going on. Yuck.

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Jon
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Member # 9123

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How exactly does tonic water fight babs??

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groovy2
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 6304

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Ha Luke-

You will get to like the Taste-LOL

I have downed over 50 liters of that
Tasty Liquid--MMMMM

It Dose help a Bunch--for babs-

I switched to Quinine tea --
You think Tonic water Tastes Bad-

The Tea tastes like Aged Ditch Water --

Im thinking about switching back
to Tonic water because the tea-
has been Ruff on my stomic and
Taste Buds--MMMMM

The taste lingers for hours-MMMMM

I drink the Diet tonic water-
50 cents a liter--

The Feeling bad is a Good sign--Herx-

I was downing 2 to 3 liters a day--MMMM

---Jay--

Posts: 2999 | From Austin tx USA | Registered: Oct 2004 | IP: Logged |

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