Re: Every other day antibiotics? Back to Pam's Question

[Guest guest]

I would love to hear from others on the gist of Pam's question,

about pulsing to avoid prolonged, intolerable herxheimer symptom

exacerbation.

It seems to me like those of us who are the most ill almost

invariably end up pulsing in some fashion, but often it is a matter

of enduring fierce symptom exacerbation for days or weeks or months

on end. At some point, a lot of us suspect, this becomes counter-

productive.

What about the other side of it? I'd be interested in hearing from

others, about personal experience or research, that addresses this

question of pulsing and whether its better to take frequent short

breaks or less frequent longer ones.

There probably isn't a 'right answer' for everyone, all the time,

but that's all the more reason to think about it.

>

> I know I am always asking questions so here goes again! I am very

> unsure whether an every other day protocol of abx, (Plaquenil and

> Erythromycin) is likely to be effective in killing off borrelia

and

> maybe I have other infections like mycoplasma too or is it more

likely

> to cause drug resistant bacteria and be ineffective?

>

> The reason I am asking is because I had what must be called

a " herx "

> reaction after 12 days of abx that went on giving me lots of

> inflammation and made me feel really unwell. I stopped the abx

for 24

> hours and felt considerably better, in fact I had a brilliant day

> yesterday.

>

> I will ask my doctor (AW) but it sometimes takes a while for him

to

> get back to me. I am not taking an ARB at all.

>

> Thanks

>

> Pam

[Guest guest]

> I would love to hear from others on the gist of Pam's question,

> about pulsing to avoid prolonged, intolerable herxheimer symptom

> exacerbation.