After ending a reasonably succesful round of Amoxicillin-- 3000 mgs. per day for a month and then 3000 mgs. with 250 mgs. of Azith for another month--
-- my LLMD now has me on Mepron 750 mgs 2X day along with the 250 mgs. of Azith. I think this combo has REALLY made a difference!
At first I had terrible back pain once I'd been on this new combo for a few days and thought I was headed for a relapse--- really just a major herx I think. But now after 10 days I actually feel pretty good.
I'm having better and better days-- no pain at all yesterday for the first time in 6 MONTHS and actually forgot that I even had Lyme! (Note: this has happened before-- but didn't last more than a day)
Minor back pain did return late in the evening but this morning I feel great again. Hope I'm turning the corner! Many good days in a row now.
My prior (3 month) treatment with Doxy worked for a while but the dose was too low and I was not seeing an LLMD at the time. I had a horrible relapse when I was told to stop taking it to see what would happen. BAD advice from that doctor!
Saw an infectious disease doc. after that who put me on 1000 mgs. of Amox for 6 weeks-- that's all he would give me. I got a little better but then had a second bad relapse.
That's when I sought out an LLMD which I should have done in the first place!!!!
I can't stress enough how important it is to go straight to an LLMD when you suspect Lyme! I wish I had! I feel so stupid now and though I know I got some results and symptom relief from the low dose Doxy and Amox....it just wasn't enough!
Anyway.....
Anyone else getting over the hump (so to speak) with a Mepron, Azith. combo? ......or even a high dose of Amox (3000 mgs) + Azith?