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Topic: High dose Mepron for babesia

Katrina
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Does anyone out there have experience with high dose Mepron for the treatment of babesia? I'm wondering how successful it is and if there are any serious side effects. By high dose I mean 4-5 tsp daily. This has been suggested to me however, most people seem to be on much smaller doses. I'm hoping someone could shed some light.

Thanks!

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sixgoofykids
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I'm taking 2 tsp. twice daily. It works great! I've had to take it a long time, but it makes a big difference in how I feel.

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Amanda
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I was taking 1 tsp twice a day, and after 6 months had made very little progress.

I started taking 2 tsp 2x a day, and after 3 weeks I began to get some improvment.

Several prominent LLMDs have found that patients get better, faster with 4 tsp a day. It also helps expalin why some patients, had Babs that they couldn't get rid of, i.e. the dose was not high enough

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hcconn22
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More is not necessarly better.

Normally Mepron is also taken with Zithromax to boost it's effect.

I would say longer duration is better than mega dose.

There is a size weight formula that might suggest you need more.

Mepron is hard on your liver/hard to process.

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