How do I get Medicaid to cover IV Roceph???

Green33 said...
That is a good question. I know fleas can carry bartonella but I have never heard of them carrying lyme, could be. You can look up a lot about how to holistically treat lyme. Supplements that seem to be a part of most lyme protocols are vitamin d 3 (5000ius), magnesium, fish oil and tummeric or curcumin for inflammation. There are tons of supplements though and I'm sure you could start a post on here and get tons of suggestions. Also, anti inflammatory diet and overall healthy diet is very important to help the immune system. Then there are these things, I don't now exactly how to explain them but my doc said it's kinda like a natural antibiotic. The first ones I used are Banderol and samento from nutramedix and it has helped a lot of people with lyme. It definitely works for me in killing lyme. You start with low doses like a drop a day or something, put it in a little water. You can work up to 20 or so drops a couple times a day. They can definitely make people herx so you have to be careful. I've also used the Byron white products which are also similar to nutramedix as they are tinctures I believe but they are more expensive, still nothing compared to antibiotics. You llmd may know about these but maybe not if they aren't into naturalpathic medicine. Stay positive about this next appointment. This next id doc may be totally different. My id doc is really nice and has never given me a hard time or been arrogant. She has acknowledged that the illads has one way or treating lyme and CDC had another and that overall there needs to be much more research and information on lyme so that someone like me can make a decision or get the best treatment. It's not necessarily the id docs fault every time, most of them have guidelines that they must follow for illnesses. Did your lyme test come back igg positive or just some of the bands?

Green33 said...
Honestly from what I know, without a positive igg lyme test they don't usually treat since that's their guideline or if you saw a tick and had a rash at the site or bulls eye rash then it would maybe be enough without the positive test. But it probably depends on the doc to some degree. Also, muscle twitches are a very common symptom of magnesium deficiency. Apparently most people are deficient in it and lyme people almost always are. You could add a magnesium malate supplement to help with twitches. I know you mentioned that as a symptom at some point. You may want to make another plan for treatment if you aren't already treating the lyme either using natural or oral antibiotics and if you can get rocephin then that's great but I wouldn't count on it and delay treatment for it. I delayed using oral even though it was an option because we were setting up the iv and then I ended up being allergic to it and in the end it would have been better to just start oral treatment right away.

Green33 said...
I understand and that all seems to point at lyme to me. The lyme tests originally were only made to survey the public to see how many people were infected, not diagnose. But unfortunately most insurances will only cover rocephin if it is medically necessary in their definition and most places I've read have said you need a positive igg test or something to say you are cdc positive for them to treat you. But again, there are lope holes I bet and people often get lucky. I heard of one person on this forum say they were given four months if iv rocephin through medicaid. And medicaid seems to check into these things less than other insurances. What kind if magnesium did you try? There are many types and if one upset your stomach another may not. I was taking magnesium malate, now I'm taking a different magnesium. The people on this forum could probably suggest a good magnesium for your stomach. Maybe taking it with food would be better. Sometimes they make buffered formulas that are more digestible. Lyme causes magnesium deficiency in most people and I've heard that most people these days are already deficient in it. One of the biggest symptoms of this is twitches so if that's what is causing it, taking rocephin might not make a difference with twitches. I'm a little confused on you situation. You said you went to a llmd and he wanted the rocephin. Most llmd prescribe antibiotics for longer than a month, did he just want you to do a month or was he planning on having you do herbs or oral antibiotics during or afterwards?