Guest guest Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 There are a lot of posts about biofilms. Some use the enzymes -kinase products. There are several scientific articles that point out the influence of several products on biofilms : Acetylcysteine : the product is cheap and safe, you can freely buy it at your drugstore. Cleary it reduces biofilms. It's prooven for some bacteries, just don't know if it works for Lyme. Anyway, it boosts the immune system. Note that added with the new antibiotics tygecycline it destroys some biofilms. Maybe some hope for us ? 14- members macrolides as Biaxin : a direct effect of low doses of Biaxin are known to destroy biofilms. Philippe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 > > Note that added with the new antibiotics tygecycline it destroys some biofilms. Maybe some hope for us ? > do you have a reference article for that? Theoretically tigecycline should work much better against biofilms. But most studies I have seen are are 'test tube' research, not with actual patients or animals. The first official tests with tigecycline against Lyme (those from Ben Lufts group with mice) were disappointing, IMHO. Even if it seems more effective than other ABX (it should be, for the price) it does not really clear the infection. Infective spirochetes remain, and biofilm or other survival forms are a likely cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 I have been taking N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) per recommendation in the book The Lyme Disease Solution. I believe this is good for liver support but did not realize it might help with biofilms. A google search does mention its role in influencing the formation of biofilm-producing bacteria. deb > > There are a lot of posts about biofilms. Some use the enzymes -kinase products. There are several scientific articles that point out the influence of several products on biofilms : > > Acetylcysteine : the product is cheap and safe, you can freely buy it at your drugstore. Cleary it reduces biofilms. It's prooven for some bacteries, just don't know if it works for Lyme. Anyway, it boosts the immune system. Note that added with the new antibiotics tygecycline it destroys some biofilms. Maybe some hope for us ? > > 14- members macrolides as Biaxin : a direct effect of low doses of Biaxin are known to destroy biofilms. > > Philippe > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 > > What are biofilms? > they are special colonies of bacteria inside the host (our body). In these biofilms the bacteria are protected e.g. by a layer of organic material and minerals, that protects them from the immune system, antibiotics etc. Inside these biofilms some of the bacteria specialise in certain functions, e.g. some will get extremely well in pumping out antibiotics. They can do this because others provide them energy etc. Often biofilms have a mixture of different types of bacteria. As a result they require far higher concentrations of ABX for eradication. the biofilm is often a layer, e.g. inside an artery or in the gut. Biofilms are thought to be a common problem in persistent infection, not just with Bb but with many pathogenic bacteria. For more info on Borrelia biofilms check the website of Alan Mac, http://www.molecularalzheimer.org/ or this interview: http://morgellonswiki.info/xwiki/bin/view/Spirochetes/LymeBiofilmsAndAlzheimers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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