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AliG
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What's R5081?
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luvs2ride
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No antibiotics is working well for me.
I am back to a normal life and my only remaining symptom is occasional pain in wrists and fingers. All other joints have been consistently painfree for a couple of months.
I did a search on R5081 and found the following website which seems focused on Lyme. My doctor is using some of his suggestions even though my doctor is not specifically targeting lyme.
I am not going to claim success until I am 6 mths recovered, but I am very optomistic.
Luvs
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Don't think many here are on strictly Chinese herbs, but a couple of people have recently either switched from antibiotics or incorporated some of the herbs into their protocols.
Please keep us updated and let us know more about your history and symptoms and how you respond to the herbs.
Bea Seibert
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lymie tony z
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I know I'll get letters...
But...how come this Dr Z guy and these herbal "cures" pop up now and again....
I am glad some of you folks get good results...
No one wants this disease...but I'm somewhat skeptical about all these herbal treatments...
They all seemed linked to a Buhner or Dr Z or dr K protocol that for me...isn't science...
and seems to have an ulterior motive of selling supplements or machines or whatever...
Like I said...I'm glad for those that say they are doing well on alternatives...I have also done pretty well on some of the supplements recommended by Dr B....
However....my bug in particular isn't going to be subdued unless I knock it down every so often with antibiotics/virals/fungals/malarials...
That, even though some would say, are the ulterior motives of mainstream or LLMD medicine...
At the very least these drugs are regulated... and for me have been esscential in my recovery(to this point).
I just have a hard time "buying it all"....zman
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AZURE WISH
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What kind of dr are you seeing?
Is he lyme literate meaning does he understand and know how to treat lyme AND coinfections?
I use abx and vitamins and other supplements. They have been helping me. I have to give the majority of the credit to the abx for my progress.
This is just what has been helping me - I am still disabled and have a long way to go.
Through my expereince being a lyme patient I would not want to try to treat myself with just vitamins/supplements and no abx OR with just abx and no vitamins/supplements - but this is just my opinion.
Andie333
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Jon,
I'm using several antibiotics (for Lyme and for co-infections) and have been on them for awhile.
In addition, I'm on a number of supplements, including a variety of Chinese herbs...and I have been since starting my treatment. I honestly think the Chinese herbs have been helpful and especially like the Cordyceps.
I hope this works for you, but I've seen a lot of improvement using a combination of antibiotics and herbals. In addition, I didn't initially incur the kinds of costs you mentioned in your subject line.
Andie
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