Your theories on what adding amoxi did...

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Hi all-

It would be good to get your theories/guesses on my

reactions to adding to the Wheldon protocal.

Been treating Cpn infection since October 05.

Started with tetracycline for three months: huge

inflammatory herx of muscles, joints, mucous

membranes; huge brain fog and fatigue. Bad for first

week, then gradually less reaction each dose.

Started doxy + zith: inflammatory herx again, but not

as severe except in problem areas (lower back,

trapezius).

Flagyl pulses, now tinidazole, gradually able to do

longer pulses which generally improve my energy

initially and then get toxic and nauseaus day 4-5.

Recently I decided to add amoxicillan to this as

Stratton's work shows it to be antichlamydial,

especially against the " elmentary body " phase of Cpn.

Started with 500mg once a day, figuring I've been on

the Wheldon protocal for a good long time and it would

be an easy add in. Intending to work up to 500mg twice

a day, then add probenicid to improve penetration.

Yikes! Big inflammatory reaction, not quite as bad as

when I first went on the tetracycline, but searing

pain in traps, back, legs, knees, hands and wrists,

significant brain fog, depressed mood. Suffered with

this for a week and a half and decided to stop the

amoxi until I recover a bit, then add it back in more

slowly.

So here are some questions:

Why such a severe herx from adding in the amoxi?

Did it potentiate the doxy/zith (haven't done the tini

while using it) or is it killing some other toxic

bacterium that the doxy/zith doesn't hit?

How would one know which is which?

Clearly, adding in the amoxi is killing what's causing

some of my symptoms, since the pain and inflammation

has been a big part. I've had less and less of this as

I've been doing the Wheldon protocal. In fact, I

hadn't used ibuprofen since last January, and I was

using it frequently the year before. Last week it was

the only thing which made it tolerable!

Any informed opinions based on how the different abx's

operate?

Jim