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I started taking Biaxin and Omnicef on Tuesday.
The first night I had a scary experience with my heart.
It was beating really hard and fast for about 4 hours and causing major chest pain.
I've also been having a congested feeling in my chest.
Don't know how to explain it other than it feels kind of like I felt when I had bronchitis, but I'm pretty sure it's not that!
I've had this feeling from time to time since being infected.
My question is, does it get better with time or is this not the antibiotic for me?
I'm pretty sure it's the biaxin and not the omnicef....
Before I was dx'ed with LD one of my most scary symptoms was heart palps.
Once in April I had the same thing happen where my heart was beating really fast and hard for a long time.
So could this just be a herx?? I just never know what to do with this dang disease.
What would you do? Give me some advice, please!
If I do get off of biaxin, any suggestions on what I should try next?
I've been on minocin/minocycline with a little bit of herxing but didn't improve afer a month.
I was on doxy and did really good with it.
But my doctor switched me to Zith because it was in the Summer and he was worried about sun sensitiviy.
Zithromax didn't help at all.
Went on doxy a second time and after 2 months had not changes, I didn't even herx while on it.
I'm also taking flagyl...and have never had a problem with it and I'm taking 750 mg. 3 X a week.
Thanks for reading this!
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disturbedme
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I'm taking Biaxin, but only on the weekends.
The first thing I'd do is call my LLMD and tell him/her about the chest pain and heart palps. S/he may want to change the med or s/he'll give advice or tell you what to do. S/he'll know what to do.
I hope you start feeling better soon. Heart palps is one of the things I always had really badly before I was diagnosed as well. One day it went for 10 minutes or longer and it got so bad I almost fainted because I felt like I couldn't get a breath in with all the palps. I would be very, very scared to have anything longer than what I had then. Even just the 10 minutes was scary.
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My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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I don't really know, but I do know that when I had clarithromycin )'biaxin') it was with huge doses of amoxicillin, and that this combi was very good against the Lyme. Before that I had cepharoxime axefil ('ceftin') and doxycycline, though it was eartly in my treatment, and I had no shortage of "issues" from the lyme and the treatment at that point. 'Omnicef' wasn't available then, but I couldn't have iv anyway. There's a theory about complementation with multiple abx you might want to ask about. (I don't know enough to state it). DaveS
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Hi Lauren
Biaxin is a Very Good ABX-- It is one of the most effective if not the Most effective single ABX --
It usually takes a short time for the good effects to show --
Your wacky heart beat is usually a sign of Babs- but not always tho -
Having your crazy heart beat increase after starting ABX is a Good Sign - No Fun - but still a good sign --
Yes your symptoms will decrease in time-
but there will be flucations in symptoms- they will get worse and new ones will show up as old symptoms decrease--
This Is to be expected and is normal -
The trick is to not worry about these fluctions - I know this is hard to do - but worry will slow your recovery --
Worry is Stress and not a good thing --
In my recovery there were many times that I thought my heart was going to explode any second --
I am still here -
Make sure to take your meds on time and do not miss any doses - Its Important --
Drink Gallons of warm tea or water every day- this washes the toxins out of your system - Not coffee or juice -
Some people Herx within hours of taking a new ABX - I usually herx in 2 to 4 hours when starting a new ABX -
But I did not get my First herx till about 4 months into treatment-
I was concerned that I did not herx and just wished I would herx so I have some sign -
Herxing was not a smart thing to wish for- I herxed non stop for over a year and was no fun and Painful -
It takes a long time to get well again- It has taken me 3 years to get to the point that I am mostly symptom free -
I got bite 20 yrs ago and have Lyme and Babs- I was Super sick and just a couple of months from being dead - I did it --You can Too
Doxi is a very good ABX -but it has to be taken in a higher dose for it to be effective 400 to 600mg spread threw the day -
Do not eat ANY Citrus or cranberries while taking Doxi -even small amounts -
Lemon in a glass of tea is enough to cause bad reaction - so be careful -
Flagyl- it is very effective and is usually given after the Bug load has gone down --
One thing that can happen when taking Flagyl is that it can cause you to get depressed and Bummed Out - start thinking Wacky stuff-
It even did it to me and I Never get bummed out-
I can not blame my Wackiness on Flagyl --
Make sure to tell you family and friends about this side effect of Flagyl so they can keep a eye on you --
Hope this helps you-- Jay--
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by groovy2: [QB] Do not eat ANY Citrus or cranberries while taking Doxi -even small amounts -
Lemon in a glass of tea is enough to cause bad reaction - so be careful -
Hi Jay,
I didn't know this about Doxy! Can you explain why citrus is so bad with it?.....I guess that means the old reliable lemon water for herxes is out when on Doxy?
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I have been on doxy for a few months and haven't had any negative effects from eating citrus fruits. My pharmacist never told me anything about them being negative nor my doctor. Are you sure its not just you?
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Before you go on Biaxin, you are supposed to have an EKG, to make sure (i think) that it won't cause your heart to beat too slowly.
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Keep using it I would for at least 3 months then switch to another.
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Biaxin was a life saver for me - being allergic to many abx, this was one my system tolerated very well, and was on it for a very long time. That said, remember - usually whatever your symptom's were before TX - are the symptoms that will temp increase when herxing. If you stick w/ it, they will usually decrese after a while.
Mine increased for a few months, then much improvement. Now, very rarely get heart palps; and when I do, they are so brief compared to begining TX. Remember - Lyme is in your heart. I would give it alittle longer. (But of course check w/ your LLMD)
Unfortunatly, there is no way to avoid herxes - just try to detox as best as possible - till you find yourself on the other side of this symptom.
My heart palps were always worse when trying to go to sleep - often was afraid to finally go to sleep, that I might have a heart attack. Of course this never happened.
I tried to calm myself when in the middle of them - if you become too freaked out by them, it can lead (at least in my case) to panic attacks - which I found to be much worse than the heart palps. I tried to think of it this way...Before TX - when I got them - the bugs were killing me; when I was on TX and got them - it meant that I was killing them!
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