JovaLyme said...
I have some dapsone on the way and intend to do his 4 drug combo for Bart at some point - that's assuming I can actually handle it.
My experience was that valproate + minocycline was effective for bartonella. It took around 9 months. I had to back off several times due to severe herxing.
Disulfiram + doxycycline reportedly works similarly. Disulfiram causes bartonella to flare up and come out of hiding, and when it does, doxycycline kills it.
I got a strain of bartonella that was resistant to rifampin. I took rifampin for 6 months and it did nothing to bartonella.
I'm taking disulfiram now and not getting any noticeable bart symptoms, so I'm assuming the bart is already dead (or mostly so) but I'm continuing to take the minocycline just in case.