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After 2 months on Doxy/Levaquin and not much reaction my LLMD switched me to Doxy 600mg/Rifampin 900mg a week ago. For 4 days now I have had feet sole/heel pain through the roof..and some patches of nerve/muscle pain moving around my legs. The sole pain was only a minor symptoms for me before. Calves used to give me the most pain. Now it seems most of my pain is in my soles and thighs.
I should mention that this pain is not affected by movement or how much weight I put on my feet. It is rather like a dull toothache in my soles.
Time to get back on notryptyline I guess...the worst is not knowing whether this is a progression/flare up or herx.
By the way...my LLMD says that my bart test is positive with an IGG of 1:40. Anyone knows?
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It sounds like a herx to me. Especially if you haven't had it for awhile and then it starts all of a sudden after starting more aggressive treatment.
I don't know about that Bart test, as I had mine done by blood smear.
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Most probably your tendons have been damaged by the levaquin. It is an extremely common outcome of long treatments, and specially high doses, that I do not know if you have taken.
In many cases those injuries last several years before they heal on their own.
You might want to have a look at these two non-commercial sites:
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Hmm...possible, hope it's not that. None of the symptoms are new, just more intense. There isn't any localized pain around the joints that would point to tendons though.
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