Can't take my meds, help!

Sounds like maybe you should look into homeopathic or a more natural approach to see if you can get Lyme & Co under control. My LLMD in training has mentioned two things to me. One I am taking and found myself herxing; the other I haven't even really read about it. I am taking Lauricidin which are white pellet looking things that's supposed to be anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal/yeast and natural immune support. Like I said, I goosed it up too fast and got a pretty good herx from it. The other thing he mentioned yesterday was Byron White Formulas/BioResource. If anybody knows anything about either of these two products, I'd be happy for input. I'm having some problems with my abx and would love to cut way down or eliminate them if possible.

Even for the ones with health insurance, the LLMD's don't usually accept insurance anyway. I just got some and was excited until I found out my Lyme is a pre-existing and it won't touch anything to do with it until August, 2011. So no difference really in not having insurance and what I have.

All the best to you Moral Animal. This whole mess is just that...a mess.

I can't take pharmaceuticals because they add dairy, soy, wheat and corn to their formulas. So, I've been taking more natural stuff. I was a tincture of venus fly trap, which I LOVED, but it had gluten in it so I switched to the byron white formulas (A-Bab), and I love them too. Problem is that I am allergic to aspirin and the chemical that is in aspirin (salicylates) are concentrated in plants. So, the byron white formulas caused me to accumulate concentrated amounts of salicylic acid very quickly in my system and now I am highly sensitive/allergic to almost everything plant based now (which means there are few things I can eat now, or even find safe soap and cleaning supplies and oil for my job doing massage therapy).

I've had problems with Potassium in the past (as well as sodium and calcium deficiencies), but I am careful about making sure I get enough these days. Zinc is my biggest problem these days.

Homeopathic remedies are tolerated by even the most sensitive individuals...my DH is a good example...he has severe, GI anaphylaxis to many things, and yet does just fine with homeopathic remedies. We use the sugar pill form of homeopathy; however, there also is a tincture form (usually preserved with alcohol), and sometimes you can find remedies made in water only.

Also, you might want to check out "The Homeopathic Treatment of Lyme Disease" by Peter Alex. I got my copy from Amazon.com (I have no financial connections with amazon.com or the homeopathy book).

I hope this helps...take care,

That being the case, Moral, I would suggest you give serious thought to using Homeopathic remedies as Razzle was suggesting.