As I've mentioned before, I got a surprisingly strong herx after taking Claritin (loratadine). I know that its active metabolite (desloratadine) has been shown to affect borrelia in vitro at high doses, but I only took 10 mg.
I was also taking mepron (atovaquone) and biaxin (clarithromycin). Possibly something about
this combination increases the effect of desloratadine? Or maybe I just metabolize it differently.
Other people do not report such a strong effect from claritin.
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4264593Since I was herxing, I figured that it was killing something, so I kept doing it. Just 10 mg per day (and also still taking atovaquone and clarithromycin).
After about
a month, the herxing has lessened a bit, but I am detoxing like crazy, getting hot flashes, sweating, and peeing a lot. The urine is clear and doesn't have much odor, but I am peeing so much I am getting dehydrated and eating a lot of extra salt so I don't get headaches from hyponatremia.
Can anyone explain why I would have this reaction to claritin?