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Posted 10/31/2013 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
A couple of docs I've seen raised all sorts of cautions about using Heparin prescribed by my Lyme doc. Have docs gotten some kind of warning about this? Seems as though it made them EXTREMELY uncomfortable. Maybe it’s just fear around liability or something. Oh, well, it is what it is!

Any good ways to explain it or justify it to an non-LLD??

THANK YOU KINDLY!
Cynthia

Post Edited (Cynthia929) : 10/31/2013 3:48:41 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/31/2013 4:22 AM (GMT 0)
My llmd recommends heparin as well. I felt a little uncomfortable taking heparin. Instead i take an aspirin daily. They come in 81mg or 325mg. Maybe your llmd would be ok with this?
Posted 10/31/2013 4:08 PM (GMT 0)
What are your, if you don’t mind my asking, reservations about Heparin??
Cynthia
Posted 10/31/2013 7:50 PM (GMT 0)
Heparin is a blood thinner that I think just needs to be monitered closely. If someone is already taking thinners (some herbs) will thin the blood, it can be dangerous. It has to be given by injection.  being a nurse we only give it to people trying to prevent clots. In my personal opinion it might be to much...but this is my opinion only. :-)
Posted 10/31/2013 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
Although I believe in all too many cases with these diseases it's a necessary thing, I agree with Lymerunner. It should be monitored very closely!!! My hubby is on warfarin now(for an non-tick condition), but had to start out on heparin - both are scary stuff!

As I said though, many need to have their blood thinned in some manner. Many here have had good success using herbs that do this though. As long as they are getting their blood monitored, it's a good thing as Lyme can cause the blood to be too "thick" and so the micro circulation isn't as good as it needs to be in order to get the meds or herbs through out the entire body to get at all of the bacteria in all the different parts.

Most likely the biggest reason your docs have been so concerned though is because they have no clue as to the reason this can be a necessary thing. They haven't learned about these infections, so how can they know what it takes to treat them?

Docs that are uneducated about these infections will almost certainly be alarmed at the things we do - to them it's a simple infection (if they even believe it's possible to have), so long term treatments are something they are concerned with too!
Posted 10/31/2013 9:47 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, everyone! I really appreciate your support, ideas and opinions. I suppose I’m too much of a people pleaser so when these docs get so irritated with ME about my Lyme doc’s treatment, it’s disconcerting.

I hope I can quit this shopping mode, for a primary care doc, soon!!

My Lyme doc said that I have very, very thick blood and that this reading--Prothrombin Fraction 1+2>4800--is the highest he’s ever seen.

That’s probably why he put me on the Heparin. I’ll see him next week, so I can ask about the herbal alternatives. I really believe that these plant-based medicines are more complete.
Posted 10/31/2013 11:38 PM (GMT 0)
Best of luck on finding that primary doc! And be sure to let us know how you appt with the LLMD goes!!
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