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Posted 6/14/2017 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
I did the week break of antibiotics and resumed with Zithro 250mg bid and then Mino 100mg bid.

I will be adding Rifampin for the first time soon.

Having an increase of lung pain again, not the air hunger kind but just pain becoming constant.

I had this resolve 95% when I went on Biaxin which began working in the first week but after 3 months I felt like I was hitting a wall in progress so I figured when I return to antibiotics I would give Zithro a try for the macrolide portion.

How long should I give it to respond before switching back to the Biaxin and would it be telling of anything if it doesnt respond to Zithro after a week, but it does to Biaxin?

Any concerns with switching back and how should it be timed?
Posted 6/14/2017 6:54 PM (GMT 0)
Chicken - You can't tell in a week of the azithromycin will work.

It can take many weeks, to a few months, really.

Are you taking the same meds that you did with the biaxin?
Posted 6/14/2017 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
Agree w/ Girlie... sorry. The waiting is tough.
Can you incorporate more detoxing? Is it muscle pain? Does it help to stretch or breathe deeply/swelling chest?

I used to get weird cramping in my lung/chest/breast area - nothing really helped other than stretches and lying down.

Sorry - hope others will chime in with ideas.

-p
Posted 6/14/2017 9:47 PM (GMT 0)

Girlie said...

Are you taking the same meds that you did with the biaxin?

Not exactly I stopped Augmentin end of last month after 100days. I was pulsing Tini 2 weeks on and off. My med profile minus the anthelmintic cycle is below.

17 FEB BEGIN AUGMENTIN 500mg tid, BEGIN CLARITHROMYCIN 500 mg bid (BIAX) / 26 feb ADD TINIdazole 500 mg bid 2 weeks o/o

1 MAR add DEC 100mg qid

2 MAY RESUME DOXY 200bid

23may SWITCH TO (add) MINO 100mg bid

3 JUN BREAK abx and anthelmintic cycling END DEC

10JUN ADD Zithro 250 bid
12JUN restart Mino bid
13JUN NITAZOXANIDE 500mg

The pain was constant earlier. It felt like it was back with a vengeance as it was on inhale and exhale. Right now its not even there. This disease is so unpredictable.

I was hoping Zithro would be so similar to BIAXIN that I could expect it to work in about the same amount of time or determine that I need to switch back.

I am going to hang in there, stay the course, and start RIF in this weekend. Thanks guys.

Maybe I will try to make some Dakins solution for the oral spirochetes. I wish I could tell if it were eating Xylitol but I assume all bacteria like sugar so why would they be different. I can tell that something is eating the Xylitol.
Posted 6/15/2017 9:40 AM (GMT 0)
It took weeks on zith to notice bone pain go down ...you are a trooper chicken keep us posted on how the riffy hits you..

did you try the mms rinse .also from nordquist videos i have been using raw honey and andrographis for mouth ketes .and coconut oil with oil of oregano
Posted 6/15/2017 1:48 PM (GMT 0)

bluelyme said...
It took weeks on zith to notice bone pain go down ...you are a trooper chicken keep us posted on how the riffy hits you..

did you try the mms rinse .also from nordquist videos i have been using raw honey and andrographis for mouth ketes .and coconut oil with oil of oregano

Will do. I expect anxiety for which I have Xanax if it gets bad. I have been trying to take as little as possible but not worry about coming off of it completely.

This has allowed me the luxury of using it liberally when needed. Maybe that is cheating a bit, but Lyme or whatever this is doesn't fight fair.

I am going to go with a Dakins Solution to hit the oral spirochetes. Details on how to make your own can be found here:

www.tinyurl.com/2ososos2

I have a dental appointment on 20jun, but I don't know if they will do the work on that day. I expect I will have an initial consultation but just in case I wish to be prepared.

I wish to have the two implants in the upper jaw removed in which the posts fell out and the gums healed over creating metal cylindrical pockets.

Although I believe much of my infection may be limited to the lower jaw, these create an ideal location for bacteria to hide, protected from antibiotics.

The goal is not to further spread the oral spirochete infection even though I suspect I am at the disseminated stage of this infection
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