Re: MS, cefuroxime (Zinadol), meloxicam (Movatec) and relapse

[Guest guest]

Not sure what " pharynghitis " is. I assume you mean Laryngitis which

is sometimes caused by a virus. That fact you're ill with a virus

could be causing an MS exacerbation. I would continue with the

treatment prescribed by your doctor to clear it up and also keep

taking LDN.

Art, who's not a doctor.

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>

> Hi all.

>

> I was prescribed cefuroxime (Zinadol) last Monday, September 17th,

for

> my chronic pharynghitis, along with a NSAID, meloxicam (Movatec). I

am

> also on LDN 4.5mg and several supplements and anti-oxidants.

>

> Yesterday, September 24th, I felt some numbness on my feet and knees

> (both legs) and an MS-hug (numbness around my stomach) but mostly on

> the left side. All of them are symptoms that I have experienced a

few

> years ago, in 2001 during a major relapse, but they seem quite

> alarming to me. Their intensity is not that high but it seems to me

> that it is a relapse. On the other hand I feel my left foot much

much

> better today than yesterday.

>

> Given that symptoms started about a week after the onset of relapse,

> it looks like the onset was the day I started the antibiotic.

>

> I have immediately stopped the antibiotic and the NSAID and I have

> scheduled an appointment with my neuro. I have also reduced the LDN

> dose from 4.5 to 3 mg just for a night but I will increase it again.

>

> What could have caused this? I can't blame LDN because since

starting

> supplements and reducing work hours I feel great. All my problems

> began when I took the antibiotic + NSAID.

>

> Any comments on this?

> What should my next steps be?

> Steroids? No. At least not yet.

> Anti-oxidants? I already take. Perhaps a dose increase?

> Give up LDN and start something else? I don't think so. LDN has

worked

> miraculously all these years, why stop right now? Perhaps start the

> Wheldo regime, in addition to LDN?

>

> Thanks,

> Stavros

>

[Guest guest]

pharyngitis involves an infection of the pharynx as opposed to the larynx.Art Hansen <rtee54@...> wrote: Not sure what "pharynghitis" is. I assume you mean Laryngitis which is sometimes caused by a virus. That fact you're ill with a virus could be causing an MS exacerbation. I would continue with the treatment prescribed by your doctor to clear it up and also keep taking LDN.Art, who's not a doctor.-->> Hi all.> > I was prescribed cefuroxime (Zinadol) last Monday, September 17th,

for> my chronic pharynghitis, along with a NSAID, meloxicam (Movatec). I am> also on LDN 4.5mg and several supplements and anti-oxidants.> > Yesterday, September 24th, I felt some numbness on my feet and knees> (both legs) and an MS-hug (numbness around my stomach) but mostly on> the left side. All of them are symptoms that I have experienced a few> years ago, in 2001 during a major relapse, but they seem quite> alarming to me. Their intensity is not that high but it seems to me> that it is a relapse. On the other hand I feel my left foot much much> better today than yesterday.> > Given that symptoms started about a week after the onset of relapse,> it looks like the onset was the day I started the antibiotic.> > I have immediately stopped the antibiotic and the NSAID and I have> scheduled an appointment with my neuro. I have also reduced the

LDN> dose from 4.5 to 3 mg just for a night but I will increase it again.> > What could have caused this? I can't blame LDN because since starting> supplements and reducing work hours I feel great. All my problems> began when I took the antibiotic + NSAID.> > Any comments on this?> What should my next steps be?> Steroids? No. At least not yet.> Anti-oxidants? I already take. Perhaps a dose increase?> Give up LDN and start something else? I don't think so. LDN has worked> miraculously all these years, why stop right now? Perhaps start the> Wheldo regime, in addition to LDN?> > Thanks,> Stavros>

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[Guest guest]

Hi again.

>

> pharyngitis involves an infection of the pharynx as opposed to the

larynx.

Chronic pharyngitis has also a viral cause but it is a little

different than acute pharyngitis. The inflammation is chronic and its

products activate the streptococci than exist on every pharynx. These

bacteria, then, go out of control and even worsen the whole situation.

Chronic pharyngitis relapses are caused by many factors, mostly

because of air conditioning. There is no standard cure but avoidance

of the causative factors.

Stavros

[Guest guest]

Stavros, your feeling that your new NSAID had something to do

with causing your increased tightness and numbness may be

correct. NSAIDs don't always work as expected.

I doubt you had a sudden reaction to your LDN after being

on it successfully for years. Or that it was the antibiotic, although

I don't like antibiotics if they can be avoided.

When I had bad fibro I had a moderately good response to the

NSAID Daypro, but actually had increased pain and cramping from

Feldene, which was the first NSAID prescribed me. And nothing

worked as well for me as aspirin, which is also a NSAID.

Best Health,

Jo

stsolakos wrote:

Hi all.

I was prescribed cefuroxime (Zinadol) last Monday, September 17th, for

my chronic pharynghitis, along with a NSAID, meloxicam (Movatec). I am

also on LDN 4.5mg and several supplements and anti-oxidants.

Yesterday, September 24th, I felt some numbness on my feet and knees

(both legs) and an MS-hug (numbness around my stomach) but mostly on

the left side. ... ... ...

I have immediately stopped the antibiotic and the NSAID and I have

scheduled an appointment with my neuro. I have also reduced the LDN

dose from 4.5 to 3 mg just for a night but I will increase it again.

What could have caused this?....

Thanks,

Stavros

[Guest guest]

Hi all, again.

I visited my neuro yesterday because my symptoms (MS hug, numbness

around both knees and front side of the legs) got at a quite alarming

state. He assured me that it can't be new damage because:

1. They are symptoms I have already felt before, a few years ago and

2. The symptoms are way too symmetrical to be a new relapse.

He characterized the condition as an atypical " sub-relapse " and asked

me to have an MRI to confirm this. He believes it is a paroxysm of

symptoms.

He did not want to prescribe me steroids because we wanted to avoid

the adrenal function suppression so he asked me to take ACTH

(adreno-cortico-tropic hormone) which increases the natural cortisol

production without suppressing the adrenal glands. Of course

incompatible with LDN but much better than taking raw corticosteroids.

I think of restarting LDN one week after my last ACTH injection. I

believe I will have to start from scratch again, 10-20 days 3 mg, then

upping to 4.5 mg.

I am a little worried if 4.5 is not my dose, but the results since

starting were quite good, and still worried if LDN is just not for me,

but again it has dramatically improved my condition over the last two

years.

I am afraid that exacerbations of my chronic pharyngitis are very

tightly associated with exacerbations of my MS, so I must find a way

to get rid of it as fast as I can. But how can I get rid of it since

every time I start these antibiotics my MS goes bad in a matter of

days. It is the second time this has happened within the last 5 months!

On the other hand, I don't know how to test if my LDN could have gone

bad, which I don't think that is the case. I buy it from Skip's and

when sent to Greece, where I live, it has to stay at the customs for a

few days. As far as I know, naltrexone hydrochloride is not very

sensitive to heat and could survive a few hot days inside a warehouse

under 30 degrees Celsius. (according to the workers, the warehouses

are air-conditioned but I don't really believe them...)

Thanks for your support.

Stavros