sierraDon said...
Girlie, Related to pulsing of certain meds. My feeling is there is more evidence of people getting better not pulsing them. in particular there are more studies of people getting better with HIV and bartonella, with standard daily dosing of say rifabutin. I haven't read any studies like this for lyme, not to say that people don't get better with it, but there is limited evidence supported for pulsing with those meds.
even non-lyme infections(hpylori, strep, etc.) related pulsing studies are inconclusive, some say no difference, others say better or worse with pulsing versus standard.
I would try pulsing with different meds, but don't feel comfortable pulsing certain ones.
also, for me, it seems this combo is working, so i don't want to mess with it. Working so much actually, i am going to ride my mountain bike and see how far i can go...haven't been on bike in like 8 or 9 months
True - I would think there is more evidence with people getting better not pulsing them...in fact there's probably not very many studies of people pulsing abx for lyme and co 's.
Re: HIV pulsing - Dr. J (Infectious Disease specialist) developed a protocol for HIV patients - way back - he treated HIV patients prior to lyme patients...and the experience of HIV pulsing treatment is why he pulses with lyme patients.
"In early 1983 Dr. Jemsek diagnosed the first case of HIV/AIDS in Mecklenburg County and quite likely in all of North Carolina, when he was requested to provide an infectious disease consultation on a young male dying with atypical pneumonia at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. Subsequently he personally provided care for more than 2,000 individuals with HIV/AIDS through early 2006 … naturally almost all individuals with this disease passed away until life-prolonging changes in therapy became available in 1996. Dr. Jemsek’s experience with the medical and social aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic profoundly impacted his view of medicine in current times.
In more than 20 years of work in the field of HIV/AIDS, Dr. Jemsek participated in myriad pharmaceutical-sponsored trials for HIV medications, including some of the earliest clinical trials on record. During that time, Dr. Jemsek never sought personal or professional accolades for his pioneering research and work. Indeed, even today, Dr. Jemsek finds it discouraging that some physicians continue to engage in petty quibbling about
who diagnosed what cases of HIV/AIDS, when and where, as Propecia drug. In his career, Dr. Jemsek has steadfastly remained more focused on positive medical outcomes than on personal recognition. To that end, he and his staff have participated in more than 100 clinical research studies for HIV/AIDS treatment, of which 22 became established protocols. In these and other academic pursuits in the area of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Jemsek has generated more than 40 peer-reviewed publications."
jemsekspecialty.com/drjemsek/Dr. Burrascano also writes about
pulsing in the ILADS Lyme Treatment Guidelines (2008)