Topic: Does Clindamycin Hit Something Better than Anything Else?
seekhelp
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I was on a 10-day course of oral Clindamycin from my ID doc for elevated ASO titers. The first 2 days were hellish. The next 3 pretty good. Day 6 bad. Days 7-10 wonderful!!
I am now done with it and noticed a decline in health already. It was SO much better than Zithromax, Ceftin, Biaxin, Doxy, Omnicef, etc. My LLMD won't touch it with a 10 ft pole due to toxicity. i was on 900 mg daily. My LLMD is pretty conservative and will pull you off a drug ASAP if you report feeling bad. Maybe liability issues?
It's depressing to be off of it. I had a life back for a while. It was wonderful!!
My question is could Clindamycin target a specific illness better than any other antibiotic I've taken to date? Perhaps Lyme is not my real issue? I WAS NOT taking Quinine. My ID doc doesn't believe I have any co-infections.
Events like this make me wonder what I am truly battling?
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Hi - I am allergic to almost every abx. So when I got diagnosed with Lyme (no co's), I had clindamycin in my drawer from a previous small infection, so I thought I'd try it. I did 150mg 3-4x/day.
Well, it worked. Took down fatigue, chemical sensitivity and ankle swelling in three days. By the end of a week, no more muscle pain that had been called fibromyalgia for 25 years that no one knew what to do with.
One simple antibiotic! It caused a herx in a month's time, and I had to back down in dosage. I treated with it for six months, then it stopped working. I took a break and am now treating with it again, 2x/day. It reduces swelling in joints.
I have never had any adverse side effects to it that I'm aware of.
I think it should get listed as a med for treating Lyme.
Btw, later on I did try one pill of doxy, like the IDSA wants us to do, and I had an allergic reaction. To the pill and to them.
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seekhelp
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I actually had energy to do stuff the entire day. It was like a miracle. My neck tightness lowered significantly to. I'd eat lava to do that.
Next question...perhaps it hit Babesia on it's own even w/o Quinine?
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Perhaps someone can comment why we rarely see anyone on Clindamycin for lyme treatment.
I don't recall people mentioning being on it here except for babesia treatment.
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sammy
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Generally speaking, Clindamycin is notorious for causing C.Diff. Maybe that is why LLMD's avoid it? Interesting.
Since it has helped you so much Seek I hope that your doctor will allow you to continue treatment. Best wishes Posts: 5237 | From here | Registered: Nov 2007
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I got c.diff from I think erythromcin a decade ago, after some days on it.
For Lyme, I took clinda for six months, and now another nine months, and have never gotten c.diff.
I think it ought to be given a chance as a Lyme-treating drug for those who tolerate it and respond well to it.
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Health
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I think Clindamycin may hit babesia because it helped me with Light sensitivity within 1-2 days, this may seem strange but I know it did because I was back on computer for several minutes and not sick.
I then added in Quinine and things got better, but the Quinine was a big help for me as well.
Light sensitivity for me affects me physically, I get heart racing burning severe anxiety and brain fog. I was in Lyme treatment with antibiotics when this happened.
I would def do Quinine with Clindamycin for Babesia, I did this before and felt it was more effective then Mepron which I am on now with azithromcyin, but I could possibly just start to get so much better in the next month, not sure.
I dont think so though,.
Trish
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charlie
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clindamyacin is for anaerobic bacteria for whatever use anybody might make of that bit of pharmaceutical trivia....
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Clindamycin worked for me too. Not sure what it is hitting besides babesia, but think it does hit something else that lymies have.
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