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Topic: Okay to take minocycline and flagyl together?

lymielauren28
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I just read that Dr.B says never to take fagyl with the tetracycline's. I am on mino and flagyl.
Isn't mino in the tetracycline family? And if so, does anyone know why this isn't okay?

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GenaD
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I'm interested in this as well...My doctor has me taking minocycline and pulsing flagyl 3 times a week.

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jamescase20
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I did before...didnt know that. gee...great...no wonder I got so freaking sick.

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lymielauren28
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Haha...no @$$@!!! I feel worse on this combo than before I started treatment. At first I thought it was a herx but I'm going on over a month of this...so I'm beginning to wonder.
Hopefully someone can give us a little more detail as to why NOT to take the tetracyclines with flagyl. I've searched and searched but can't find an explanation....

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Posts: 1434 | From mississippi | Registered: Nov 2007 | IP: Logged |

christinelyme2
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Member # 15028

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I'm pretty new to lymenet and I was

wondering if anyone knows if minocycline is a

good antibiotic if you have neuro lyme. I was

told it goes into your brain. my eye keeps

twitching though and its annoying. does ayone

know what the twitching means? [confused]

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lymielauren28
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Member # 13742

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Hey Christine...welcome! [Smile]

While I am questioning mino and flagyl together, I don't question mino! For me it has been very affective, and I do know that yes, it does cross the blood/brain barrier...hence, your eye twitches!
I'm sure that the mino is up there "shakin' things up a bit" and your twitching is probably just a result of that. Hang on tight though! For me it has produced some of my worst herxing yet!

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Posts: 1434 | From mississippi | Registered: Nov 2007 | IP: Logged |

jamescase20
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yeah the tick guide says not to do that. oh well, it says the tetras reduce the eff of the flag. oh well.

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Geneal
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My neighbor did mino and pulsed flagyl for 3 days a week.

She felt like she made excellent progress on it.

I did doxy and flagyl (pulsed) as I can not take mino.

Hugs,

Geneal

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