RE: Mepron and Ketek (sp?)

[Guest guest]

Mepron is the replacement for Quinine in Babesia treatment. It works best

taken with an antibiotic and is a limited treatment that might have to be

repeated in the future, but doesn't go on like antibiotic treatment does. I

didn't take Ketek with it because Ketek wasn't out yet at the time. I was

prepared to get really sick on the stuff but I found it to not be too bad

compared with IV, some orals I had been on, etc...I think its individual. I

think that maybe I took Biaxin with it.

Prepare yourself because it is bright yellow and has a consistency like

paint!

Also, it is really expensive. I don't have insurance for meds (and I'm not

sure if Mepron would be covered anyway,) but the LLMD's office sponsored me

into a patient assistance program through Glaxo wellcome (I think,) that

paid for the Mepron.

I recently was on Plaquinil and Ketek for quite a while and I found the

Ketek didn't give me any problems. Apparently it gives some people blurry

vision and also there are some die off reactions, but again I found it to be

pretty easy on me. I do well on Plaquinil so maybe that was why I was doing

OK. Alas, now I have to see how I do off of meds to see if any of this has

stuck.

Good luck,

Melina