Anyone get well on antibiotics?

[Guest guest]

I just was diagnosed with Lyme 2 months ago, no co-infections. I have been

really sick for 7 years before dx. I was treated in AZ for 2 months with IV

zithromax and lots of natural alternatives. I was feeling alittle better, but

did lots of herxing during treatment. I have been home now and my dr here in

jersey is taking over my case. I cant handle oral abx so he agreed to have IV's

done at my local hospital. My primary says that zithromax is not a good

antibiotic to treat lyme because you can become resistant to it. He is saying

rocephin is a way better antibiotic for treating lyme???

I am confused ....I am allergic to penicillin so cant take doxy. Has anyone been

cured/ or in remission on any certain antibiotics???

Thanks, Liz

[Guest guest]

Doxy is NOT a penicillin.

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Whitfield <

starlightvisions@...> wrote:

>

>

> I just was diagnosed with Lyme 2 months ago, no co-infections. I have been

> really sick for 7 years before dx. I was treated in AZ for 2 months with IV

> zithromax and lots of natural alternatives. I was feeling alittle better,

> but did lots of herxing during treatment. I have been home now and my dr

> here in jersey is taking over my case. I cant handle oral abx so he agreed

> to have IV's done at my local hospital. My primary says that zithromax is

> not a good antibiotic to treat lyme because you can become resistant to it.

> He is saying rocephin is a way better antibiotic for treating lyme???

>

> I am confused ....I am allergic to penicillin so cant take doxy. Has anyone

> been cured/ or in remission on any certain antibiotics???

>

> Thanks, Liz

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'd encourage you to get your hands on the Burrascano treatment guidelines,

which many LLMDs follow some version of. Lyme exists in two, possibly three,

different forms in the body: spirochetes, which respond mainly to cephalosporins

and penicillin-family drugs; L-forms (also known as intracellular Lyme) that

invade cells and basically hide inside them, and which respond best to second-

and third-generation macrolides like Zithromax or Biaxin; and a cyst form that

can lie dormant in the body for up to 2-3 years, and is very hard to crack --

though Flagyl and its relatives, along with Diflucan, are thought to soften it

so the germs can be killed.

The Lyme organism can switch between these forms with relative ease, which means

that if you hit them with Zithromax, you'll clear out the intracellular Lyme,

and some of it will die off; but the rest will escape by turning into cysts or

free spirochetes, where the zithro can't touch them. LLMDs believe that you can

only get good cures by hitting all three forms at once (the " nowhere to run,

nowhere to hide " strategy), which means taking several types of antibiotics in

combo and switching individual antibiotics in and out every few weeks or few

months (opinions vary). Contrary to your GP's thinking, " resistance " really

isn't an issue; Lyme doesn't tend to become resistant in the traditional sense,

but it does change forms to avoid any given single antibiotic. The solution

isn't to stop with that antibiotic; it's to add in other antibiotics that will

hit them in these other forms, too.

Under this model, even IV zithro isn't going to get you to a cure. Rocephin is a

very good broad-spectrum antibiotic that's likely to be much more effective (if

you're only going to take a single abx, this would probably be the one), and I'd

take your GP's advice on this.

But you really might want to find yourself a proper LLMD and get on a full-scale

combo treatment. Your body will only accept antibiotics for so long; don't waste

that valuable window doing partial treatments.

Sara

On Aug 27, 2010, at 5:25 56PM, Whitfield wrote:

> I just was diagnosed with Lyme 2 months ago, no co-infections. I have been

really sick for 7 years before dx. I was treated in AZ for 2 months with IV

zithromax and lots of natural alternatives. I was feeling alittle better, but

did lots of herxing during treatment. I have been home now and my dr here in

jersey is taking over my case. I cant handle oral abx so he agreed to have IV's

done at my local hospital. My primary says that zithromax is not a good

antibiotic to treat lyme because you can become resistant to it. He is saying

rocephin is a way better antibiotic for treating lyme???

>

> I am confused ....I am allergic to penicillin so cant take doxy. Has anyone

been cured/ or in remission on any certain antibiotics???

>

> Thanks, Liz

>

>

[Guest guest]

Liz,

Hi...Our son was treated for 6 weeks on IV Therapy for Lyme when he was about 3

and that was six years ago. He seems fine now.

He did well on the Rocephin until he had some mild allergic reactions to it.

He and I both got bitten with ticks near Lyme, CT and do know people who have

gotten better with antibiotics.

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From: Whitfield <starlightvisions@...>

Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 8:25:56 PM

Subject: [ ] Anyone get well on antibiotics?

I just was diagnosed with Lyme 2 months ago, no co-infections. I have been

really sick for 7 years before dx. I was treated in AZ for 2 months with IV

zithromax and lots of natural alternatives. I was feeling alittle better, but

did lots of herxing during treatment. I have been home now and my dr here in

jersey is taking over my case. I cant handle oral abx so he agreed to have IV's

done at my local hospital. My primary says that zithromax is not a good

antibiotic to treat lyme because you can become resistant to it. He is saying

rocephin is a way better antibiotic for treating lyme???

I am confused ....I am allergic to penicillin so cant take doxy. Has anyone been

cured/ or in remission on any certain antibiotics???

Thanks, Liz