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Topic: What are you taking bactrim for?

shoney
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I see bactrim mentioned a lot more on here-what co-infections, or just lyme are you taking it for?

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groovy2
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Bactrim DS is to treat Babs --

DS= double strength --

3 to 6 Bactrim DS spread threw day --

Made me herx Big Time -- Jay --

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joysie
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Hi Shoney,
Hopping on your thread to say I take it as you know, for babs and maybe bart? But if anyone reading can tell us why Bactrim has action against babs despite it not being an anti-protozoan (?) medication, I'd love to hear the answer.

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shoney
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Chia Pet
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I've taken Bactrim/ Septra many times unfortunately. I will be starting it again next week with Zith and Mepron.

LLMD uses this as Babs/Bart protocol and is his favorite.

I am not sure which it helped, but it helped.

I test NEG for Bart, but have tested POS for Babs at one point in my long journey.

But I definitely have Bart symptoms.

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joysie
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Come on....someone?

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jennyflyer
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I saw my LLMD this morning. I've been on Flagyl 3 times a day since Nov 15.

Today he added Bactrim to my protocol, if I could read his writing on the script I could tell you the dosage. [Smile]

I tested negative for all coinfections, but we all know that means nothing and my doctor even said that today.

He put it to me this way: He wants to attack it from as many angles as possible, said it was time to start getting more agressive.

Whichever coinfection causes the chills/sweats, that's the one he said we are targeting.

I hope that helps. I know I must sound stupid.

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Jennifer

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jamescase20
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Taking bactrim for the fun of it! [bonk]

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shoney
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Jennyflyer-Chills/sweats could be babs or bart. Then again, could be lyme. What did your LLMD think you had?

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jennyflyer
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He wasn't sure, that's the thing. His philosophy is better to treat the coinfections than not.

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Jennifer

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