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I am currently taking 400mg doxy/day. My regular MD said this is to much. He got mad because I changed the dose myself. He prescribed me 200mg/day.
The reason I changed the dose if because I have heard from a bunch of people that this dose is to low.
What dose should I be on and will 400mg/day hurt me. I see my LLMD for the first time in September.
Thanks for the help.
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400 is a typical lyme dose...I've been popping doxy like chicklets with no probs....some people like to take it with food though to prevent stomach issues...
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Definitely take it with food if you want a stomach left when this is all over.
Do you have enough doxy to last till your appointment? If so, go for it!
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Nope--400's what it needs to be, and I was able to tolerate it just fine.
Do a search for Dr. Burrascano's treatment guidelines...
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300-600 is what Dr. B recommends in his guidelines. I weighed 123 pounds when I started on doxy and I was put on 400 by my LLMD.
You're on the right dosage. Unfortunately, this might only be the beginning of difficulties with your PCP.
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Sorry to hear of your experience.
First, did he give you a reason like your body can't handle the higher dose, or was this a text-book reply from him? Does your doctor realize that with liver support there are ways to help make the meds safer?
I am glad you have an appt. in Sept. for a LLMD consult.
If you can't get more complex treatment now, perhaps you could call the LLMD's office and ask if there is anything they can suggest in the meantime.
Best of luck.
You may have seen all this below but, if not, it might be good to share with your MD:
CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO FUEL THE "LYME WAR" By Virginia Savely, RN, FNP-C
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As two medical societies battle over its diagnosis and treatment, Lyme disease remains a frequently missed illness. Here is how to spot and treat it.
Excerpts:
" . . .To treat Lyme disease for a comparable number of life cycles, treatment would need to last 30 weeks. . . ."
`` . . .Patients with Lyme disease almost always have negative results on standard blood screening tests and have no remarkable findings on physical exam, so they are frequently referred to mental-health professionals for evaluation.
"...If all cases were detected and treated in the early stages of Lyme disease, the debate over the diagnosis and treatment of late-stage disease would not be an issue, and devastating rheumatologic, neurologic, and cardiac complications could be avoided..."
. . . * Clinicians do not realize that the CDC has gone on record as saying the commercial Lyme tests are designed for epidemiologic rather than diagnostic purposes, and a diagnosis should be based on clinical presentation rather than serologic results.
- FULL ARTICLE AT LINK ABOVE.
Co-infections (other tick-borne infections or TBD - tick-borne disease) are not discussed in the Savely article due to space limits. Still, any LLMD you would see would know how to assess/treat if others are present.
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`` . . . the immune system does not begin to repair itself until the beginning of the fourth month of antibiotic treatment. . . . ``
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that his antitrust investigation has uncovered serious flaws in the Infectious Diseases Society of America's (IDSA) process for writing its 2006 Lyme disease guidelines and the IDSA has agreed to reassess them with the assistance of an outside arbiter.
You should also be evaluated for coinfections. Not all tests are great in that regard, either, but a good LLMD can evaluate you and then guide you in testing. One of the top labs is:
The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) provides a forum for health science professionals to share their wealth of knowledge regarding the management of Lyme and associated diseases.
- 2/3 down the page, you can download Guidelines for the management of Lyme disease
Lyme Disease and Modern Chinese Medicine - by Dr. QingCai Zhang, MD & Yale Zhang
you can access his web site through www.hepapro.com or try www.sinomedresearch.org and use "clinic" and then "clinic" for the passwords or call Hepapro.
poster's note: while few get well without attention to nutrition and supporting the liver and adrenals with specific supplements, anyone considering complementary approaches should be sure to have first read the abx protocol for a better grasp of the task at hand.
Basic, supportive herbs to "get the body stronger" are NEVER enough to get over lyme or coinfections. Very specific attention must be paid to the nature, life-span and forms of each tick-borne disease (TBD).
Each infection is treated differently and it is no minor undertaking. It is best to seek guidance with skilled professionals who are truly lyme and TBD literate. They will know, specifically, how to proceed.
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