Bill/HIV assocoated myopathies

[Guest guest]

Hi Bill,

I happended to come across the following site:

http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic462.htm

It has a lengthy article on HIV associated myopathies.....and the

treatment, which pretty much follows the antibiotic treatment for

regular rheumatic diseases, including polymyositis, dermatomyositis,

and rheumatoid arthritis, etc, at www.rheumatic.org

www.emedicine.com is one of my favorit sites......you can find

everything there!!

Hope you're having a good/great day. Take care,

Connie

[Guest guest]

Connie,

Thanks for the links. I've sent them on to my docs.

Are you using antibiotic therapy? Are people reluctant to push it because

their doctors think it's hogwash?

Regards,

BillG

Camarillo, CA

Bill/HIV assocoated myopathies

> Hi Bill,

>

> I happended to come across the following site:

>

> http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic462.htm

>

> It has a lengthy article on HIV associated myopathies.....and the

> treatment, which pretty much follows the antibiotic treatment for

> regular rheumatic diseases, including polymyositis, dermatomyositis,

> and rheumatoid arthritis, etc, at www.rheumatic.org

>

> www.emedicine.com is one of my favorit sites......you can find

> everything there!!

>

> Hope you're having a good/great day. Take care,

>

> Connie

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Bill :-)

You're welcome. Yes, and yes :-)

That's my short answer...I tend to get lengthy sometimes. Seriously,

yes, I am using the antibiotic therapy and have been enjoying

wonderful results for the past three years. I can almost forget all

of the aches, pains, fatigue, weakness and everything else, as they

are a thing of the past. I still take my Minocin and Biaxin, under

the care of one of the most experienced rheumatologists, Dr. A.

Franco of Riverside, CA ( www.thearthritiscenter.com ) The

antibiotic protocol works wonderfully in many rheumatic diseases, and

is also used for children. (In their case, erythromycin is used

because the tetracyclines cause teeth discoloration in children under

8 years old.)

Yes, people are reluctant to use it or push it IF their doctor has

pooh-poohed the idea. Because so many people have been the

instigators in getting their doctors to prescribe it, finally more

and more doctors are seeing that it really does work. Dr. Franco and

Dr. Garth Nicolson have done a lot of research on mycoplasma which

are thought to be responsible for these rheuamtic diseases. The

general medical world has been slow to accept this connection, as up

until now, it's been difficult to culture the mycoplasma and verify

that they really are a factor in our illnesses. Dr. Nicolson has

developed a way to use PCR (polyermase chain reaction) testing to

find mycoplasma in blood, tissue, and joints of people with RA,

fibromyalgia, and other diseases. He even taught the Department of

Defense how to test for mycoplasma in Gulf War Vet's. Have a look at

his website at www.immed.org

Hang in there Bill. I have a feeling that one of these days there

will be more discoveries that will help all of us. Take care,

Connie

> Connie,

>

> Thanks for the links. I've sent them on to my docs.

>

> Are you using antibiotic therapy? Are people reluctant to push it

because

> their doctors think it's hogwash?

>

> Regards,

> BillG

> Camarillo, CA

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Bill,

The following link is from Dr. Nicolson's website at www.immed.org

It links mycoplasma infections in rheumatic diseases and also AIDS/HIV

http://www.immed.org/publications/iffectious_disease/pub3.html

It looks like Dr. Nicolson recommends antibiotics and also augmenting

the immune system with supplements or neutraceuticals. There is also

another doctor, Dr. ph Mercola, who has some definite guidelines

on getting the most from your diet. His website is www.mercola.com

The way he set up his website is to give his comments on the medical

topics that come up in the various journals. It took me a while in

the beginning to scroll all the way down and find his

comments...which sometimes agree with the article and sometimes

disagree. He heartily agrees with the antibiotic protocol for

rheumatic diseases. Try searching for " arthritis " in his site.

~Connie