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I will be starting Malarone/Zithro and Flagly starting Tuesday.
any watchouts? with food/without food?
How quickly does it work?
Trying to attack both Lyme and potentially babs. Not sure if I have babs, but I have enough clinical signs to treat.
Stiff Neck, headache and fatigue
-------------------- 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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I'll be interested to hear how this works for you. I had read somewhere that a combination of azithromycin and flagyl should be effective since one is intracellular and the other is a cyst buster.
You were taking 6,000 mg of amoxicillin per day? My goodness that seems like a lot. Was it effective for you??? I'm taking 3,000 mg of amoxicillin per day and I don't think it's helping at all.
I wish you the best of luck!
William
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Yes, the Amox was a high dosage. I am not totally convinced that amox did anything for me. I made real strides with the 400 mg of Doxy.
Looking forward to taking this combo. Not sure what to expect as I am nor is my LLMD 100 percent convinced that I have babs
Good luck with your amox. Hope it works
Tony
-------------------- 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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If you don't mind me asking, has the flagyl been effective since you've been taking it? That might be one of my next treatments and I've read a lot of unpleasant things about it here.
Do you know what the zithro dosage will be?
William
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lymielauren28
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Tony, I just responded to your PM but I forgot to tell you - the malarone MUST be taken with fatty food to absorb properly in your system.
If you can stomach it, a tablespoon of olive oil is an excellent choice, or a tablespoon of peanut butter. You need to shoot for at least 16 grams of fat minimum.
Also, Zith upsets my stomach really bad if I don't eat it with a large meal, so keep that in mind too.
I feel like I'm forgetting something else, and I probably am! When I remember what it is I'll come back and post it...
Lauren
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