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Topic: should I back off on IV rocephin?

beatlyme
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Member # 15262

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I'm in my fifth week of Rocephin,first week 1g was a piece of cake,then went into 2g a day,immediately it kicked my butt,and never let up.I tried backing off to 1 1/2 g a day.a little better,just so tired and week,motor skills are major problem,now they are worse.I was thinking of taking a few days off to rest,any pro's or cons?

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Melanie Reber
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 3707

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Some patients do pulse Rocephin 5 days on 2 days off, so please speak with your doc about that possibility. I know that I always did better under a pulse plan.

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