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Started Ceftin a few days ago and am starting to have a little herx- paresthesias, not bad though. Just wondering how everyone else did on this and if it helped. What side effects and herxs did you experience?
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treepatrol
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Works pretty good BUT watch out for yeast problem starting,, no sugar like soda.
I call it the smurf pill
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When I first came down with symptoms in 2001, and treatment wasn't progressing on doxycycline, I was put on Ceftin, and that kicked it into remission. Although it took time to recover afterward, my gut actually tolerated the Ceftin better than doxy.
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I have been on it (off and on) for months......combining it with other drugs. My first 9 weeks of treatment the 2 ceftin twice daily and levaquin really worked. My inflammed, painful knees, sex drive, spelling sense all improved. The herxing I have done these 10 months seems to follow every 28 days or so no matter what I am on.
I have never had any gut problems with it. Thrush problems came with biaxin only.
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After taking Ceftin for a few days, I was actually having these "flashes" where my body would turn blue...like cyanosis...not enough 02 in my body...
Weird.
Stopped taking it.
Bug
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treepatrol
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When I took it a few years ago it was expensive$$$
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excellent results with ceftin, and in a way the equivalent of, but not a substitue for, rocephin.
gotta watch the yeast though.
i had 3 courses, months to approx. 1yr. apart.
the first two courses of the brand form, excellent result.
the third, generic form, nothing.
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I've been taking generic ceftin since I started treatment in June.
I did have some initial reaction to it (the first few days). I also kept daily track of my symptoms. Exactly 28 days into treatment, I had a herx that landed me in the er with paralysis. That didn't deter me, and I had the same thing happen again 28 days later.
I know my herx experience is really scary; I also think it's pretty atypical. I had been undiagnosed for at least 9 years prior to starting treatment, so the disease had a long time to get into my system.
By the way, since that second herx, I haven't experienced any paralysis at all. Even the numbness I had on my face and hands has gone (now, I just need the numbness in my foot to go away)
I kept taking this abx, because I continued to get better.
Now, I'm functioning at about 65 to 70% -- a VAST improvement over where I was this time last year. I had no yeast problems with the ceftin itself but when I added rifampin to the mix (for bart), I could feel yeasty stuff as a possibility. I've been a lot more vigilant about my diet recently.
Hope this is helpful!
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