Guest guest Posted September 4, 2002 Report Share Posted September 4, 2002 I was just diagnosed and best I can tell I got bit 6 weeks ago. I'm feeling pretty sore with joint pain. My question is....I was just put on doxy. Is 6 weeks early enough, or did I miss my opportunity for a full recovery. Whats the typical outcome at this stage. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 You are very lucky.You are in the early stage,and from all I understand it should be easily cured.I would just be sure that you are on the doxy for a longer period of time then for a normal infection.I bet you will feel much better in a few days! Good luck, BK noodlydoo wrote:I was just diagnosed and best I can tell I got bit 6 weeks ago. I'm feeling pretty sore with joint pain. My question is....I was just put on doxy. Is 6 weeks early enough, or did I miss my opportunity for a full recovery. Whats the typical outcome at this stage. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 steve you are at an early stage and treatment should work with orals. from my reading, my best advice is below. perhaps this is the best start for early lyme treatment. to do it, you are going to need and LLMD who will test and adjust for blood levels. reviewing this, it seems obvious to me that -without blood levels of abx- one would not be able to estimate dose. ------------------------------------- http://www2.lymenet.org/domino/file.nsf/UID/guidelines Doxycycline- Adults: 100 mg qid with food; doses of up to 600 mg daily are often needed, as doxycycline is only effective at high blood levels. Not for children or in pregnancy. If levels are too low at tolerated doses, give parenterally. treatment should continue past symptom free stage for at least two weeks. >I was just diagnosed and best I can tell I got bit 6 weeks ago. I'm >feeling pretty sore with joint pain. My question is....I was just >put on doxy. Is 6 weeks early enough, or did I miss my opportunity for a full recovery. Whats the typical outcome at this stage. -- sincerely william meyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 The things to remember are: If you don't feel better after a month or two, switch antibiotics. Don't let anyone tell you that you are cured after a certain number of weeks (ie. six weeks) if you are still sick. If your doctor is unwilling to treat, or you are not getting better, consider seeing an LLMD (lyme litterate doctor), people on this board can help you locate one in your area if there is one. This may be a good idea anyway. If you do feel better and stop the ABX, be on the lookout for returning symptoms down the road and jump on it. There is no one treatment protocol cures all in this disease. e. >noodlydoo wrote:I was just diagnosed and best I can tell I got bit 6 >weeks ago. I'm >feeling pretty sore with joint pain. My question is....I was just >put on doxy. Is 6 weeks early enough, or did I miss my opportunity >for a full recovery. Whats the typical outcome at this stage. > >Thanks, >Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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