Hi,
I am in Canada too and you can see Naturapaths now who prescribe. They have to take a course and can do "limited" abx but can do zithromax, rifampin for bart. Biaxin I think. Basics, but they can't do Mepron or Malarone for Babesia.
I would NEVER have gone on pharma abx BUT my primary target is my brain inflammation see sig below and try as I may, I couldn't get encephalitis out with just plants. Some heal 100% with plants. I had to add pharma after a year.
I am now on the first 2.
But see my sig I self treated the first year making my own tincture from the plant abx I listed below and drinking the tea bowling the plant parts after simmering 20.
I legged herxed hard on Stephania Tetrandra. Calves, toes siezed, ankles swelled but it only lasted a week.
BUT it didn't resolved but kept at bay. Many resolve with just plants, I thought I would but and too severe. Yes I do ALL the right things in detox, diet, etc. So that is the only reason I added
pharma. I explained what to give me to Canadian ND as many are not at all familiar with this disease so I was allowed to drive. Then I went across border to see a LLMD well respected last month. Borrowed $$. This is hard for many of us.
Point being, I use many of the plants the above listed for Bart. Stephania, Houttunyia, Sida Acuta, Japanese Knotweed.
As well, google get abstracts, anything all you can do and ask if that is enough to get your doc to help.
Contact Dr. Murakami. I did, he will work with your GP. I fired mine and since I could finally borrow money to get a US LLMD close across border I did. I knew more than both ND's I saw and was fed up.
Dr. Murakami LLMD in some ways, I do not agree with his 200 mg of doxy as it's not enough. Literate US docs use 400. It's supposed to be 400mg and it's not good for borrelia unless you use a cyst buster etc.
He will educate your GP. He talked to my ND to validate what I told him to use abx wise for Bart I was correct.
He was kicked out from practicing but helps. He's healed people from bart as well. I asked him. Long term therapy is what he does. Healed a uni student in 9 months. Talked to her family etc.
Gets involved. BUT, she has a reg doc that allowed treatment communicating with Murakami. And ND can IF you can afford. Man this can be tough because our medical covers GP's but not ND's and GP's won't help.
http://www.murakamicentreforlyme.org/
Email him he will contact you back and you can call him. He's here in B.C.
*I forgot to add Bart steals our magnesium. Mag Oxide is not good. Our body can't get at it. But Mag Citrate can easily be taken in by our body. So I take 1200m of Mag Citrate in powder.
"Now" at Swansons sells it for 6.29 for 227 grams. Pure powder, no GMO soy, nothing. Stores that runs..........way higher. Like $15 or $20 I found.
Moves my bowels "somewhat" and keeps the ongoing depletion in check, while bart steals it. I found taking it, my pain and cramps came down. BUT I am not chronic acute body. And that is pretty much gone anyway. Some are chronic acute body like I am in head. I found it helped with this muscle stuff if it hits you there.
The newspaper article showing LLMD in Canada Murakami, kicked out by gov.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/11/17/bc-doctorretired.html
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