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I am wondering whether there is any resource within the Lyme community about which abx are considered most effective, safest, etc -- either statistically or anecdotally -- and which are best avoided. Or are some better for different co-infections etc..? Just trying to get informed.
Thanks! CalMom
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MariaA
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Best resource is probably getting K. Singleton's book The Lyme Disease Solution. There are some things he doesn't go into in depth, like babesia treatment (he talks about two of the most common drugs for it, though), but his information about how the immune system works and is affected by Lyme, and what drugs do what, is really good. YOu can get it through the Amazon link on the left here I think.
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He tells you which meds are effective for lyme and each of the coinfections.
This document, meant for doctors, will give you your "bachelor's degree" on lyme disease and its coinfections. It's long, and you will need a medical dictionary for some parts, but it will give you your education.
If you have never heard of Dr. Burrascano, he is the lyme guru of the U.S. and the world. He is no longer practicing, but is still educating doctors about lyme disease in this country and in other countries of the world.
Dr. Burrascano's lyme treatment guidelines are the only lyme treatment guidelines on the ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) website. That says a lot, in my opinion.
The entire ILADS website is very educational also.
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Another really good free resource is the Lymemd.blogspot.com website. You should go allllll the way back to the earliest entries and just read the whole thing backwards. It's just one doctor's opinion on various things, but he has really good insights into a lot of issues and is unafraid to say when he's been wrong or to say when he doesn't think we know the definitive answers on things.
The other resources you should look at if you're just starting to research Lyme is the ILADS guidelines and Dr B's 'diagnostic hints and tips' which formed the basis for the ILADS guidelines and for most modern Lyme treatment:
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