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I only have been on Amoxicilin for 3 weeks. The dosage is 6000 mg per day.
I keep waiting for a herx. All I get, is a knee/calf pain that happens every week or so
Is this part or the herx?
If not then Amoxicilan has done zero for me. I am going to take the full 60 days as that is when my next doctor appointment is
Does Amoxicilan take longer to be become effectiv
-------------------- Dx 3/2008 Pos. WB and Bart- igenex Levequin 500 mg March 2008 Amox 6000 mg - May 2008 Doxy 400 mg - June - oct Biaxin and Flagly 1000 each, oct-dec Zitro, Malarone and Flagly Jan - feb Remission for 6 months Relapse Sept 2009 zithro/flagyl Posts: 130 | From canada | Registered: Mar 2008
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How are you taking the amox? IV?
Is there anything else you are using in your treatment?
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I thought Dr B indicated that hi dosage such as whg at i am taking is the protcol.
no iv
Currently only taking multi vtamin and vitamin b
Also, take 30 minute sauna's 5 days a week
Should i do more herbs with amoxcilann
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Hi Tony....That sounds like a pretty good dosage for lyme. I got up to 5000 mg at one point. I couldnt work work out what was going on as I felt like cr*p all the time.
I didnt make ground until I started treating bart. I did a month of cipro then amox then cipro then doxy. I made ground all the way until I stopped treating Bart. Amox started to become much more effective when used in tandom with Bart treatment.
Get co-infections looked at and treated. If you have lyme as your main problem the Amox should work on getting the numbers down. Takes a long time.
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I am on amoxicillin too- 7500 mg along w 3 other antibiotics. I havent nessacarily herxed from the meds, just had a very slow worsening of neurological symptoms and fatigue. You DO NOT have to herx from antibiotics; it is most likely still doing its job. When I first started on abx a few months ago I had no herx but instead felt much better. Thought I was "cured" actually. Unfortunately though this didnt last and I started getting worse after 2 months and now am more sick than I was before starting treatment. Everyone is different, and therefore gets better differently. Not everyone herxes.
I will probably be starting bart treatment next month, as my Dr. thinks I have it so maybe that'll do the trick Make sure you check for co-infections as well
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tony - i take over 12,000 mg of amox a day with 2 other abx
i started only with the amox - needed to have a certain level in blood
saw a difference - but it takes time
other abx were added for coinfections over time
did not see a difference with amox until the level llmd wanted was reached
blood level # is between 20-25
3 weeks is not a long time - hang in there
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a few years ago she was not walking because of severe pain
she was put on amox after other treatments failed her
took 3 mos to reach the right amox blood level -
but within week of reaching that level - she started to walk without pain
she now weighs about 82 lbs, and she takes 3000mg a day
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oh - my point is it doesn't have anything to do with body weight...i think it is more about your body's metabolism
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forgot to say, yes your knee and calf pain can
very well be a herx
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Thanks, wow so if I got it right. You are saying that it takes a while for amoxicilan to kick in.
I have never heard of blood level measures. What is this and should I be tested for this.
Should I experiment a couple of days of moving my dosage up to see if I can trigger a herx.
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don't mess with the dosage without talking to your llmd
i can only tell you what has worked for us - this is what our llmd does - it is what he finds works for some of his patients
it doesn't mean that it will work for everyone
everyone is different
just thought i would put it out there - talk with your doc - and good luck
improvement with lyme happens gradually - especially if you have chronic lyme - i can't remember if you said you had co infections?
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