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Posted 11/25/2014 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
I'm just wondering what your response was, good or bad. Did it cause bad herxing or side effects?

I've felt terrible since starting it. I take 500 mg twice a day, every other day. (I also take 200 mgs mino)

I have severe panic, severe weakness, severe fatigue. I just ball up and sleep and or cry all day. I am so sick!

I stopped for a few days and then felt better. But then restarted it again. And got just as sick again. I just can't function and live this way!
Posted 11/25/2014 9:12 PM (GMT 0)
I did take it but did not have any side effects. Sorry to hear that Utah. Maybe you can go on a different cystbuster? I took nattokinase, and wobenzym N after flagyl.
Posted 11/25/2014 11:00 PM (GMT 0)
I found flagyl to be very powerful and had pretty nasty herxes from it. If you can hold on and get through this, you will feel better. Maybe talk to your doctor about reducing the dose and working back up?
Posted 11/26/2014 1:25 AM (GMT 0)
Dr. Horowitz who was the first to ever try Flagyl on Lyme patients (according to his book 'Why I can't get better...') recommends 3 times a week consecutively.
If you can't handle that try it twice a week. If you can't handle that use smaller doses.
Posted 11/26/2014 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, I took it for C. Diff., and it made me psychotic! Of course, I had to be on t he full dose for C. Diff.

Margaret
Posted 11/26/2014 2:55 AM (GMT 0)
I just finished 14 days of 3x/day of 500 Flagyl! It's horrible. Effective but super hard to manage.
Posted 11/26/2014 3:39 AM (GMT 0)
Wow I've never been able to handle more than 5 consecutive days of Flagyl. I'm impressed. It appears that its side effects of neuropathy, twitching and sometimes nauseau become less pronounced with continued use. It seems to be the one consistent abx that all LLD prescribe so it must be effective and necessary. Apparently according to some sources it's good at tackling co-infections as well as the cystic form of bourellia burgdorferi.
Posted 11/26/2014 6:13 AM (GMT 0)
It was harsh for three months of herxing. Stay away from any alcohol at all.

Still on it now., easier. I think it adds to tremors and anxiety too.

When off it I was calmer, and sleepy.
Posted 11/26/2014 12:33 PM (GMT 0)
I can't handle it. My anxiety is so severe, that I cannot function. I was taking it every other day. Maybe I can switch to something else. Too bad, it sounds like an effective drug.
Posted 11/26/2014 3:27 PM (GMT 0)
I was taking 400mg of doxy and I 'pulsed' 500mg 2x daily of flagyl for 10 days on and 10 days off for 2 cycles. I think that I herxed the first cycle, not sure after that. I'm currently on Rocephin 2mg. I have been adding tindamax 250mf 2x daily. I plan on switching to Flagyl 500mg 2x daily after 10 days of tindamax.
Posted 11/26/2014 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
I was just re-reading the recent study by Dr. Zhang of Johns Hopkins in which he tested 165 FDA approved drugs against Bb. Metronidazole performed extremely poorly in his study. According to Table 4 in this report, after 5 days of treatment, 81% of the Bb were still alive after Metronidazole.

I know goes against the grain, but it is food for thought. i just watched a presentation by Dr. Burrascano and mentioned that you need to treat with an 'azole' - tinidazole, metrinidazole, for 14 days, so maybe that is the difference.

From PLOSone

An Optimized SYBR Green I/PI Assay for Rapid Viability Assessment and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing for Borrelia burgdorferi

The link doesn't seem to be working

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0111809
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