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Topic: Any bad reactions when you stop IV Antibiotics?

nat
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Hi- just wondering if you experience any bad reactions when you STOP IV antibiotics after being on them for so long ( 4 months).. I am supposed to go back to work next week and doc is probably pulling the PICC line soon.. Can your body go into any weird withdrawal ( not necessarily lyme symptoms) but just from being on IV meds for so long? Just wondering if I should expect any adverse symptoms..
Thanks

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AZURE WISH
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Are you going on orals?

As a person who has years of expereince with lyme and being treated, I would want orals after the picc is pulled unlessall my symptoms are gone.

I never had any withdrawl symtpoms from stopping IV - don't know if it can happen.

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seibertneurolyme
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You didn't say which IV med you had? Assuming it was Rocephin as that is most common. rocephin in particular has a reputation for putting Lyme into the cyst form.

The thing that happens to most people is that if they have Babesia or another coinfection symptoms start showing up in a week or two. If you are only dealing with Lyme it will usually take longer (like months).

Good luck.

Bea Seibert

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beachcomber
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Oh yeah, you sure can have strange things happen after abx. I, for one, tend to break out in hives a few days after stopping abx. I am in an abx free zone at the moment and feeling like shoe scrapings. Been at this for 3+ years, with 3 attempts at stopping meds to give my colon a chance to settle down. Each time I feel just plain awful from the withdrawal. It does, however, give me a chance to clear up IBS and yeast temporarily.

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monkeyshines
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I did not, though that's just me. I was on rocephin for six months. Had a hard time initially, but then just adapted to it. I don't remember noticing any big difference in how I felt when I stopped (other than relieved!)

monkeyshines

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