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I had been doing mepron 1 tsp/ 2 times a day for babs with zithro.....but I feel so awful on it and have been trying malerone....but LLMD only has me on 1 pill a day. I feel like it is not enough medicine if you compare it to the mepron. What dosage has everyone else used for malerone? Which works better...malerone or mepron? Thanks, Nikki
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I'm on malarone ,1pill 2times /day for 1st month.2nd month moved me up to 2 x twice /day.
now I'm on my 3rd month and I take 2 am ,3 pm.The whole time I've been on malarone I've also been on bactrim 1 x 2times a day .
We are going after lyme and babs , and God only knows what else . Oh almost forgot , artimisinin 3days /week also ! What a ride !!
Yhe max dosage is 6/day according to llmd .
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One adult dose (one pill) per day was enough for me! The side-effects/herxes were pretty tough the first two months. I took it for a little over 5 months, I hope it beat the babs. Honestly, I am not sure, because my breathing was easier while on the malarone...though otherwise I do feel better coming off it.
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I heard malarone is better for WA-1 babs, mepron for the other. I think my LLMD told me this
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Mepron was better for me. I took 1 pill malorone for a few months because my LLMD did not think I could tolerate mepron. I felt horrible the whole time I was on it - a LOT of air hunger and just felt terrible in general. As soon as I was on 1/2 dose mepron my air hunger went away and I could breath better than I had in years. On full dose I slept better for many days in a row. It was heaven. Still felt very bad though.
Found out my liver enzymes were very high. Off everything for 3 weeks. Liver enzymes fell very quickly. Back on zith and mepron again. Still having air hunger and not sleeping well but it's only been a week or so.
For me, mepron was better but in the long run I don't know which one is better.
Terry
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Mepron is stronger because it has more of the atovaquone in it.
I was taking 2 tablets of Malarone per day, plus Lariam and Art. I had to go back on the Mepron and feel better within just a few days, but I've been treating for 16 months.
It takes time to start feeling better from babs. Hang in there.
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