Monolaurin

Hi there. Diagnosed with lyme in jan 13. Did a couple of rounds of doxy which threw me in herx then zithromax which gave me heart palps. Started on monolaurin and I think I went too fast because had major herx for several days. Feel so much better after being off a week. Now I know I must continue treatment. Wanted to know if anyone else treats with monolaurin instead of abx and how it works. This time I will try to detox more. I do Epsom baths but never with peroxide. Gonna start very slow and double the amount weekly unless given different advice. A chiropractor recommended this to me. Also wondering how long I can go between treatments without going backwards. Thanks.

Wow Andy. The abx gave me a lot of problems so I wanted to pursue the natural. Do abx cause you to herx also. I had made it to 2 scoops before the herx. Waited a few days then tried half scoop and herxed again. I had the same reaction on doxy, cut the dose and still herxed. I'm waiting a week this time to start back on monolaurin because I don't know how long its safe to go without treatment. Gonna start with just 5 a day and work up weekly. Seems I have same reaction with abx and natural. Feeling so much better after the monolaurin herx that I wish I could not treat at all. Do you know how long you can wait in between treatments/herx to take a break? I hope to detox more. I take Epsom baths and drink lots lemon water. Do u know anymore trucks?

Andy I hope you are feeling better. How long did you wait after the herx before you started back? Do you detox?? I did have a bulls eye rash but didn't know about the tick. It was a couple of months before I got sick. It was strep throat that brought out the lyme then I remembered the bulls eye after many doctors and 3 months later of debilitating symptoms. I started treatment in jan and am much better but not well. Wondering how long I could feel good and how long break I could take. I did start back on low dose today after a week break. So what are you gonna do next!

Monolaurin is known to be a very wide spectrum natural ABX that is useful against a lot of microbes. Anybody that is taking ABX or herbals must keep in mind that if you are taking a natural product such as this, or even coconut oil, that it will contribute to the die-off. Thus you must be even more diligent to detox.

Don

I'm giving my son monlaurin. He seems to be doing well with it. I did start slow, and now we are up to 3/4 of a scoop, which is the full dose for him according to his weight.
I have read that children don't herx as badly as adults, and from what I read of others experiences compared to my son's I find that to be true.
I haven't ordered the bio-film for him yet, but am going to run it by his doctor at our appt. next week and then possibly get it. Being that he's so little (4) I just do that with everything.

Thank you for the reminder about detoxing more Don. I try to do an epsom salt bath at least every other day for him. He's been resisting the dry brushing lately; it's tickly and scratchy. Also we do lemon water twice a day. Any other ideas for detoxing? I'll take them!

Thanks!

you can give him bentonite baths to help detox. I ingest it too, but i think it would deb pretty impossible for a 4 year old to ingest it. It's clay after all :)
Niacin detoxes the body too, correct??
here is the monolaurin and bio film i'm using. They also explain why bi film is necessary :)
https://www.inspirednutrition.com/3/3_Step_Natural_Answer_for_Lyme_Disease.html

I think I'm gonna give the monolauren a shot too. I got one more week of doxi left then im supposed to switch to another abx and ease teasel in. I'm gonna purchase some monolauren and have it ready to ease that in as well. I'll see what the doc says about taking that much meds. Looking forward to getting off the doxi...it's a pita because of the things you can't take before or after.

Hi, Im new here and might have missed this but can you take Monolaurin while taking antibiotics too? so at the same time, maybe dose them in between so your not swallowing them together. Did anyone try this?

Also does anyone have herx that involve swelling of the throat. I have a huge problem killing off candida and such as my die offs seem to be life threatening at times. One time I was taking naturals to kill candida and my throat swelled and my lips turned blue. It was a medical emergency. Does anyone else have this problem with die off, Needless to say, it is a bit scary trying to kill these critters off.
thanks all for the post and advice! I've had lyme and other co infections over 25 yrs and it was undiagnosed for a very long time, until I got it again and went into late stage symptoms immediately.
I'm at a point I don't want to take antibiotics any longer. I have developed an allergy to most and they are hurting my body now more than helping although at one time they healed me 90% and i was good for years.
Thanks for any advice.

I started monolaurin about three weeks ago on one pellet and am now taking 15 pellets. I am also on Rifampin, Doxy, Azithromycin and Tindamax so I can not tell which one is causing the herxing.

Daisy's Mom, I believe we see the same doctor in NC. I am taking the monolaurin as a flu preventer and hoping to fend off yeast. I am going to slowly increase the pellets but I guess only time will tell if they are effective or not.

Crimmson, my doctor feels it also attacks and keeps viruses down. She thinks it is great stuff and didn't tell me when to stop using it. I am going to work up the dosage and see how I feel. If I feel good I will probably keep using it for health maintenance. I will ask her now about long term effects. Never thought about it.

It can be used long-term safely. It kills mostly gram positive bacteria and viruses that are lipid-coated such as EBV, influenza, herpes, etc. Good idea to start slow. I had some very nasty herxes in the beginning that I attribute to Lyme die-off but found if you work up very slowly you can manage.

The full dose for Lyme is 9000mg. according to www.inspirednutrition.com but less for viruses. It's an insanely high dose. The first time I tried it I took 1200mg. and within days had severe right chest muscle and back pain plus felt fluey. I stopped as I couldn't handle the pain and later tried again and at only 600mg. experienced sinus pain, facial flushing with flu-like feelings and increased tingling/burning sensations. I was taking the caps but decided to buy the pellets from inspired nutrition so I could dose up slower. It worked as each pellet is only 35 mg. so I could increase at a slower rate. The herxes stopped within a few weeks and was able to move up quickly but at a certain level it started to affect my stomach a bit so I stopped and haven't decided whether to go back on it at a lower dose ( I was up to about 6000mg. before stopping). I think it's a good anti-viral and may be good at preventing things like sinus infections but am not sure how effective it is against Lyme and in particular co-infections like Bartonella that are gram-negative.

I took coconut oil about two weeks ago and my knees, bottom, face and stomach broke out in rash. I stop taking the oil and a week ago started taking Momolaurin capsules but not full dose and I'm still getting rash. Some days a lot and very itchy and other days its milder.
Seems many speak about a herx reaction but i dont see many mention getting rash or itchy skin.
Has anybody else had this type of reaction to Momolaurin?
If yes, please share experience i would greatly appreciate!
Tx!
jojoginmar3