Re: Alinia

[Guest guest]

beachlymie,

i am on alinia for babesia, as it is an antiparasitic. my dr. mentioned that it

may help with the lyme but i am on a modified marshall protocol - minocycline &

benicar - for that. for the first month or so i was on 1 alilnia, twice a day.

for the last 4 months i have been taking that dose every other day and on the

alternate day i take zithromax. the only strange thing i have noticed at first

on the alinia were little rice size white 'things' in my stool. probably

intestinal parasite die-off, but i had that less and less over the months. i

have been prescribed 2 packets of cholestrymine (sp) a day which draws toxins

out of my system and i believed has made the herxing from all of the meds much

milder. when i was on IV rocephin AND pulsing the alinia and zith, that wasn't

pleasant but the really bad stuff ended when i went off the IV rocephin so i

would blame it on that.

is what you are experiencing a herx reaction (toxic overload and die-off of the

critters - the meds actually working) or a true side effect unrelated to lyme.

you didn't say what the side effect you were experiencing was. if it is

intestinal pain, digestion or elimination issues, well, the alinia is killing

any parasites in your entire system. parasites you might not have been tested

for or be aware that you have. i tested pos. for just about every intestinal

parasite on the stool test my dr ordered. so, i expected a little discomfort

from that automatically.

i don't know of any one who has cured their lyme using alinia. it is a newer

drug and i haven't come across many people who are even on it for babs. most are

on mepron. my llmd did mention a newer protocol for alinia taking double the

dosage for like 2 weeks straight, then one week off, then 2 weeks of double

doses again - or something like that. but again, this protocol was for treating

babesia.

don't know who dr. h is but we always refer to dr's by their initials to protect

their anonymity. so many llmd's are being prosecuted.

ABX means antibiotics.

hope this helps,

deb

[ ] Alinia

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>I did a search for Alinia and two posts came up. Could you please

>explain their posts to me? What is ABX? What is Biaxin? Who is Dr. H

>in California?

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>Has anyone taken alinia and been cured of lyme? What protocol for

>alinia were you prescribed?

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>I am currently taking it and getting side effects.

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[Guest guest]

beachlymie,

you might also want to check at lymenet.org, and click on the flash discussion

link. do a search on alinia. when ever i have a drug related question they have

usually already discussed it. if they haven't, ask the same question on that

board. the people there are really smart and helpful.

deb

[ ] Alinia

>

>I did a search for Alinia and two posts came up. Could you please

>explain their posts to me? What is ABX? What is Biaxin? Who is Dr. H

>in California?

>

>Has anyone taken alinia and been cured of lyme? What protocol for

>alinia were you prescribed?

>

>I am currently taking it and getting side effects.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your responses. I am surprised none of you were prescribed

Alinia for lyme as the leader of my lyme support group is on it. I

assumed others were too.

My side effects from Alinia and/or amoxicillin are severe

constipation, intestinal pain, fatigue and nausea. Since I was taking

both, it is difficult to tell which one is giving me which side

effect. Today, I changed antibiotics to Losertrin which is causing

which nausea. Deb, you made a good point that the " side effects " could

be herxing. However, is the herxing from eradicating parasites that

never showed up in my stool tests or eradicating lyme?

Thank you for recommending cholestrymine. I will buy it.

I never heard of the marshall protocol. I'll look into it. Does the

marshall protocol work? Has anyone afterwards tested negative for lyme?