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Hi everyone and thanks in advance for your help!
Wondering if anyone here has had success treating Bartonella with Zithromax?
Or a combo of Zithro and Rifampin?
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I have been using zithro and rifampin for over two months with a little progress but I just went to the doctor today and we are going to try something different. There are a lot of people that have good results with it. One person mentioned in the book was cured by a combination of zithro and another drug closely related to rifampin, which is why I wanted to try it. There are many different strains of bart and BLO so I guess you just have to try it to see if it works for you.
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Thank you for your reply. Do you know if it is safe to combine Zithro/Rifampin with Rocephin?
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Neffer, one LLMD told me that using those combined should be done very carefully.
Not bad to get ideas from the board/other people's experience, but ALWAYS check them out with your LLMD .... of course, for scripts you have to! But you also have to be careful combining herbs.
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Hi Nefferdun, I"ve done zith with mino or omnicef and knocked Bart back. But all the symptoms came back after I stopped. Hope you find something that works. Robbie
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I was on Biaxin last summer for 2-1/2 months. It finally kicked the Bartonella.
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Just started rifampin a week and half ago, combined with zitro (low dose zitro)...not sure if helping... I was taking zitro/bacrtim DS before which I seemed to like better.
Will keep taking until LLMD visit in mid Feb. and see what he says.
I feel worse than before so not sure if thats good or not.
Good luck and God Bless,
Karen (:
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Thank you all so much for the feedback. I know we're all individuals, but it helps me so much to know that I *might* be on the right track here!
Of course this will all be up to my LLMD...just want to be prepared when I see him next week.
I have to be really careful with certain meds because of other health problems (namely Addison's disease). Rifampin is kind of a no-no, so I guess we'll just have to play that one by ear...
But the Doxy seems to be fine and I've taken Zithro without a problem before. I think those should hit the Lyme, HME, mycoplasma...and then just have to find something to target the Bart and/or L-form Lyme!
Levaquin won't work for me, which is why I asked about Zithro/Rifampin.
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