Re: Herbs and/or antibiotics / diflucan

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> Honestly, this is the best protocole I had, hard to tolerate. By far best than

cyclines and macrolides, even IV ceftriaxone. Moreover, fluconazole crosses the

brain blood barrier. I don't know what diflucan real does, but it does

something, I can ensure you.

I have heard of a few others in Europe using this protocol with good results,

but IMHO the scientific support for it is very weak. Basically just one

publication from Schardt himself. Some other German Lyme docters use the

treatment (if ABX does not seem to work).

Officially it is an antifungal drug, which could suggest that maybe in these

patients the main problem is fungi (like Candida) and not Borrelia infection;

fungi can produce many of the same symptoms. The way it works sounds a bit scary

to me, blocking some of the cytochrome p450 pathways. Like metronidazol and

tinidazole, using it for a prolonged time does not sound like a good idea.