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Posted 5/10/2011 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
My Dr wants me to do 4 weeks of zithromax by itself for 4wks then he might add something. He says he doesnt want me to over herx. But i was on zithromax already 2 months ago with doxy. ... Will it do me any good by itself??
Posted 5/11/2011 5:18 AM (GMT 0)
This link may tell you something of interest:

Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi


http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S19201

Take care,

Posted 5/11/2011 12:50 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting if I am reading that right Amox is much more effective than Doxy? Yet it doesn't seem to many people use Amox?
Posted 5/17/2011 4:07 PM (GMT 0)
I went to a LLMD for the first time last week. He said he thinks it's likely I have Lyme or another tick-borne illness. He gave me Zithromax for 2 weeks, then I add Ceftin and take both. I was surprised he didn't go with Doxy since I thought it was the gold standard antibiotic. I would also be interested in any information anyone has on Zithromax.
Posted 5/17/2011 10:00 PM (GMT 0)
I had pretty good success in the past with Zithromax. This was back in 2007 when it was like a million dollars for Zithro. The antibiotics I typically do best on are Zithromax or Doxycycline.
Posted 5/18/2011 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
did u take zithromax for co infections?
Posted 5/18/2011 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
Actually in the past I only tested positive for Lyme but that's no reason to rule out coinfections. I've read that tests don't always detect them. Zithromax worked well for lyme when I couldn't take doxycycline under the hot summer sun.
Posted 6/5/2011 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
zithro is used for other coinfections as well, mycoplasma, bart, and babs. It is combined a lot with other drugs.

I'm very sensitive to it, and can only do small amounts.
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