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Posted 8/23/2018 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone,

So I am on week 6 of treatment for bart/yersinia and recently started treating for babs as my igenex results came out borderline and I have been showing the classic symptoms for babs (air hunger, head pressure, etc.) since the beginning. My doctor prescribed me artemisinin (150mg) twice daily to take and it seemed like I was taking it well the first couple days but after about 5 days I started to experience an immense uptick of my symptoms and a returning of some others that had subsided since the beginning of treatment these last couple days although it's been gradually lifting again I feel like crap again.

My LLMD told me it is most likely a herx to the artemisinin. Anyone experience this too? Anything I can do to lessen the herx? Am I dosing correctly?

Also, those who are knowledgeable about yersinia...my doctor is thinking of reintroducing mino or doxy to my protocol in about a month to take care of that...any experience treating that?

Thanks again everyone.

Happy healing.
Posted 8/23/2018 6:49 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry you've got an uptick in symptoms...but yes, sounds like you're herxing on a low dose of Artemisinin.

For comparison I was taking 1600 mg per day for 8 days per month.

I wouldn't advise you to take that amount...especially now since you are herxing on the low dose.

Down the road...once you're tolerating the current dose, you could add in another 200 mg....and see how that goes.



Are you pulsing it? The Artemisinin should be. Otherwise it could stop working (It is thought that the small intestine creates an enzyme to render it useless if you take it continually.)


Focus on detox. My favorite is the wam epsom salt baths. I usually do exercise prior to the bathing.
Posted 8/23/2018 6:49 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry, I'm not familiar with Yersinia...so can't comment on treatment for it.
Posted 8/23/2018 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
I had a lot of herxing from ateminisin .I had to start it and stop it a couple times because I was herxing so much, but I think it has really helped me. My herxing is usually muscle pains, but I was also feeling a lot worse and having jaundice, so I started milk thistle a long with it, and my skin stopped being yellow.
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