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Topic: Rocephin - 21 day herx?

Health
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I was reading somewhere on the Internet, that when you are on IV Rocephin to expect a herx around day 21.

I never heard of this before, I thought it was the 28 day herx.

Thanks,

Trish

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merrygirl
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Never had a real Herx on Rocephin, I was on it for 24 days so who knows....

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Health
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up.

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LuLuFlorida
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I have been pulsing Rocephin 5 days a week for four weeks and it has yet to make me herx.

Lindsay

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RoadRunner
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some people don't herx at all

three or four weeks of rocephin isn't long enough for lyme treatment.

That is like putting a band-aid on a bullet hole.

RR

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kellebelle
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I've been on IV rocephin for 4 weeks and I didn't herx at 21 days. I actually don't think I herxed at all.

Do you think 6 weeks Rocephin is long enough? My doc wants me to get 2 more weeks, but I don't know if 2 more weeks is enough to do anything. (My story - I started getting sick Feb 07, diagnosed May 07, been on 2 months oral ammoxicillan and 1 month iv rocephin.)

I know lots of people have had success on IV rocephin, but I almost feel like the orals helped more. :/

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RoadRunner
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I would say three months or longer a lot of llmd will do this for you treat until no more symptoms.

RR

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ByronSBell 2007
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I have been on recephin for over 3 weeks now and since 2 days after starting it, I have been worse (feeling like I did before treatment started) so I have a feeling I have bartonella and have been herxing on it pretty good but the herxes are so crazy. I can take high doses for a while and not much will happen and then sometimes I will have to completly stop it because I get so sick!

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davidx
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I think everyone is different.

I've been on rocephin 29 days so far and I felt pretty crappy around the 27th and 28th day but it's hard to tell whether it was a herx or not. I guess I'll see how I feel around the same time after month #2.

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