Another question on mycoplasma

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ONe more question for Dr. Kolb, e, or whoever can answer this question:

In the paragraph below from the Mycoplasma article, he states that "In the early stages of a disease, doxycycline may reverse the disease."

My question, is what is the definition of "early stages"? Are we talking, weeks, months, a year....and is one has been sick for 3 years is doxycycline still an effective therapy?

UNDOING THE DAMAGE The body undoes the damage itself. The scarring in the brain of people with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia will be repaired. There is cellular repair going on all the time. But the mycoplasma has moved on to the next cell. In the early stages of a disease, doxycycline may reverse the disease. It is one of the tetracycline antibiotics, but it is not bactericidal; it is bacteriostatic. It stops the growth of the mycoplasma, and if it is stopped long enough, then the immune system takes over. (Nicholson, G.L., Doxycycline treatment and Desert Storm, JAMA, 1995, 273: 618-619),

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Patty,

I honestly don't know the answer to this question. And

it is a good question. The author of this article

should quantify what he means by " early stages. " If I

were to make an educated guess, I feel that no one

person can be told she/he is in the early stages of

fibromyalgia/CFS as they are so vague. Therefore, as

you know, so many people don't seek help when they

develop symptoms because they mimic the flu or a cold,

etc. And because FMS/CFS symptoms come and go, or at

least people have good or better days, and then there

are bad days, how can anyone person know for sure when

they were in the early stages? I know that my symptoms

developed after my implants were placed, but I coudn't

tell you when the bad days became more frequent or the

good days became less frequent. To me there is just

such a gray area. I would guess that if you were

treated with doxycycline when diagnosed, then it might

help or it might not. If what he says is true, then I

would say that if you've had it for yrs, then it might

not be effective. And because doxycycline is

bacteristatic (inhibits the growth) vs. bacteriocidal

(it kills the bacteria) you are not really treating the

problem, but essentially only covering it up; similar to

when someone has back pain---they take ibuprofen and it

helps, but it's only masking the real problem which

might be a herniated disk, degenerative disk disease,

arthritis, etc.

So, take this info with a grain of salt. I have read

some other books on the theories of how AIDS, CFS/FMS

came about and they all focused on 2 things: biological

warfare and in the case of AIDS, that it has been around

since the 1800's. And each book provided convincing

arguments for each.

Hope this helps.

e

> ONe more question for Dr. Kolb, e, or whoever can answer this question:

>

> In the paragraph below from the Mycoplasma article, he states that " In the

early

> stages of a disease, doxycycline may reverse the disease. "

>

> My question, is what is the definition of " early stages " ? Are we talking,

> weeks, months, a year....and is one has been sick for 3 years is doxycycline

> still an effective therapy?

>

> UNDOING THE DAMAGE The body undoes the damage itself. The scarring in the

brain

> of people with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia will be repaired. There is

> cellular repair going on all the time. But the mycoplasma has moved on to the

> next cell. In the early stages of a disease, doxycycline may reverse the

> disease. It is one of the tetracycline antibiotics, but it is not

bactericidal;

> it is bacteriostatic. It stops the growth of the mycoplasma, and if it is

> stopped long enough, then the immune system takes over. (Nicholson, G.L.,

> Doxycycline treatment and Desert Storm, JAMA, 1995, 273: 618-619),

>

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