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my doc is staring me on 500mg of biaxin 2x a day,and also plaquenil 200mg 1x day. i have not had much help from many other combinations-any one with positive or neg feedback would be greatly appreciated! doc also mentioned the possability of iv antibiotics-with most test showing neg,not sure ins. will cover bill-not to happy!!!!!
thank you for listening!!!!!!
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I used Biaxin with Amoxy for over a year and really loved the combo. You may get loose stools and stomach cramping for a few days but that will resolve itself. Another possible side efffect is a metallic taste in your mouth that goes away for some and not others. It wasn't a problem for me as long as I ate enough.
Biaxin is cool because it treats Lyme and Bart.
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6 months on Biaxin 500 x 2. Just added Doxy 100x2 a month ago. Biaxin alone took me from 20% function to 80%. Can be rough on the stomach so watch your diet. i had a few bad days early on but they passed an no issues since..
Good luck,
Dave
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What Mojo said. I am on amxy, biaxin, plaq and malarone. I started the biaxin and plaq a few days apart, just to be cautious. I have a marked reduction in muscle twitching, which had sort of plateaued over the last 6 months. Good luck Kris
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I just started biaxin too - have yet to add flagyl. So far I've got my appetite back which doxy took away..in fact I'm ravenous!! Good luck with it!
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biaxin is where I got my name from
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MariaA
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Biaxin works very well but it can also have psychological side effects that not all pharmacies warn you about . If you get the blues, come back and talk to us, it's probably not "you" or your circumstances but might be the drug or the herx.
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OK - so it's DAY 3 of biaxin and I'm only on 1/2 dose (250 mg 2X/day) and already I'm more exhausted, gut issues starting. Think I won't ramp up for another few days.
Yikes I want to sleep all day long...very foggy too. Wonder if this is normal???
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Yes I herxed alot on Biaxin, but it also clears my head and lessens my pain.
I must say though that it does constipate me!
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Also it makes me very dizzy.
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I am on the generic for Biaxin, same dose, and it is the only thing I am taking currently. I had the metal taste in my mouth. I also felt more exhausted which never even dawned on me until btmb03 mentioned that.
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Lymeherx, I'd give anything for my head to clear and lessen my pain. Yup, dizzy too. How do people get thru all this stuff...and it's just the beginning?
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Ive been herxing on it for 5-6 years. Some say its not herxing. But then others say that mycoplasma have a 7 year cycle, and the growth rate for lyme is slow too!
Right now I know that I have a mycoplasma infection. Also I tested positive for lyme but my LLMD thinks that its not an issue any more??
Yet I still post to this board because everyone here can relate and sound like myself!
I think most of us have the same type of thing going on; a chronic infection that attacks and weakens the immune system and lives in our cells zapping us of energy.
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lymeHerx001
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I tested + for mycoplasma pnemoniae 7 times!!!!!!!!
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