Re: fascinating discussion on antibiotics

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In a message dated 10/26/2001 11:55:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,

canaryalice@... writes:

> Sheri wrote:

> But I think the majority of doctors out there would

> > agree with Cheney, a. If you're interested, you can read what

> > fibromyalgia doctor Hans C. Hanson said about long-term antibiotic

> > use at http://www.fibromyalgia.com/Answers/A-antibi.htm

> > Here is part of what Dr. Hansen says: " Long-term antibiotic

> > exposure is fraught with potentially damaging and even devastating

> > results. Not only is certain yeast allowed to overgrow, but

> > resistance can develop. This is not as benign a problem as it sounds.

> > The colon can be sterilized leading to something called pseudo

> > membranous colitis, which has even been fatal.

Dear Alice & anyone on the mycoplasma list (if Alice forwards this):

I'm a Lyme patient, Fibro & CFIDS & RLS too.

I've been on long-term intravenous antibiotics, and they have helped me

tremendously. No, they haven't cured me, there may be no permanent cure

known yet for late-stage/chronic Lyme disease, but the improvements have

helped my quality of life. It is widely said that, if caught early, Lyme is

easy to treat & cure, but this does not apply to late stages.

Of course there is a risk with taking any drug, especially intrevenously.

In my case the antibiotics taken IV gave me back most of the hearing I had

lost, I now no longer wear hearing aids, tho my hearing is far from perfect;

they gave me back the ability to read, which I had lost for more than 2

years due to eyeball pain, not loss of vision; they stopped all RLS

(restless legs syndrome) attacks, so that I no longer needed to take Klonipin

every night, etc.

The IV drugs are difficult to take, time-consuming, & quite expensive. One

must take great care to keep the PICC-line site (or Port/Cath site) clean to

prevent infection. One must use the arm that has a PICC line regularly to

keep the line in good condition, neither overdoing it nor underdoing it. For

this reason it is best to get a PICC line inserted into your dominant arm if

you hope to use it long-term. (For short term use, it shouldn't matter which

arm.)

Oh, the bit above about the colon becoming sterilized is utter nonsense. I

have no idea who said this, but live human tissue CANNOT be sterilized, least

of all the colon. At best, the colon is a rather dirty place, but this isn't

bad, ... this is as it should be, as it is designed to handle wastes.

Later in this post someone said that Klonopin is addictive.

I can speak only from my own experience. I've taken Klonopin long-term to

prevent RLS attacks, and it works, but I do have to keep increasing the

dosage over time. The only time I don't need it is while on IV antibiotics.

When I go off, the RLS attacks come back, so then back on Klonopin.

No way am I, nor have I ever been, addicted to Klonopin.

As far as tapering off it gradually, this is probably to avoid withdrawal

seizures.

Hope some of this helps,

Hugs,

a