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njgirl14
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which lab does this and what is the name of the test? my llmd was not familiar with it.

also does mino lower mepron effectiveness like doxy?

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sixgoofykids
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I've never heard of this test .... I had it done for amoxy, but not Mepron.

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njgirl14
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anyone?

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luvs2ride
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I am on Mepron and my doctor runs so many tests I often accuse her of curing me by bloodletting. But she has never run this test.

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TF
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I know a doc who follows the Burrascano protocol and checks all her patients' Mepron levels while treating babesiosis. Here is a quote from Burrascano guidelines on checking Mepron levels:

"Treatment failures usually are related to inadequate atovaquone levels. Therefore, patients who are not cured with this regimen can be retreated with higher doses (and atovaquone blood levels can be checked), as this has proven effective in many of my patients." (p. 24)

PM me if you want the name of the doc. Then, your doc can call her office and I'm sure they would gladly give him the name of the lab and the name of the test.

I believe it is either Quest or LabCorp that does the test. It is not done by any specialty lab, I don't think.

Other option is the doc's office can call Quest and LabCorp and ask the code for testing atovaquone blood levels.

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Stacyb
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IT IS DONE AT QUEST LABS...
Labcore does not do the testing
for Atovoquone levels. I brought this up
to my LLMD and he wrote a Rx for it.

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njgirl14
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thanks everyone

stacyb do you have the name/# of the test? maybe from the results.

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