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panicbegone
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 10760

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I have been told to take 250mg 1x a day every day. (Along w/ Artimisinin...which i am finding hard to increase my doseage of.) I was reading some old posts about 250mg of Zith every day being too much. Is that true?
I know Zith helps w/ Lyme but what coinfections can it help?
Thx

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rmruss
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Member # 11409

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I take 1000 mg of Zithromax a day. So I doubt that 250 would be considered alot. It has helped me with Lyme & Babesia. I have been on it for about 3 years now.

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breathwork
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Member # 567

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I too take 1000mgs of Zith a day.

Antibiotics work in symphony with antimalarials and other drugs to knock out babesia...

Zith is also good for lyme....

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happygirl
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I take 1000mg zith 5 days a week. MY LLMD says that it stays in the tissues so that 5 days a week is ok, not like other abx where you have to maintain blood levels. But 250mg seems like a fairly low dose, I dont think it would cause problems, but of course depends on what other medications etc you are taking.

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Penn92
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Member # 9207

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That's a low dose by all accounts. My LLMD is pretty conservative on his dosing and he had me on 500mg zith, 300mg doxy and 100mg art daily all at once a few months ago. 250mg is not a big deal.

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Kendrick
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This depends on how much you can handle. It doesn't matter what everyone else can do.

I used to take 1000mg and all of a sudden after a 2 months, I can't take a single medicine without ending up in the ER.

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panicbegone
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thank you !!!!!

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