Hi,
I have also lyme, and I take clarithromycine since nearly 3 month but no rifampin. And i have no herxing... Is it possible? Just a little bit join pain but I take LDN and nexavir...
Is it normal?
Have a nice day.
Clodomir
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Hi,
I have also lyme, and I take clarithromycine since nearly 3 month but no rifampin. And i have no herxing... Is it possible? Just a little bit join pain but I take LDN and nexavir...
Is it normal?
Have a nice day.
Clodomir
Sorry to hear you're still feeling so sick daff - hope things improve soon for you.
Pardon my ignorance but has this test been approved for borrelia? Only see tuberculosis mentioned in that quote from the FDA.
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That doesn't mean your current dose of the med hasn't changed your cortisol metabolism in 2013. Just something to keep in mind if they symptoms persist past what would typically be considered a herx. There are many other abx that do not have this effect on cortisol metabolism.
Hi Clodomir,
I would like to know too. Because I am the same as you, many months of antibiotics but no herxing (except significantly increased depression)....
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I heard that some people don't herx...
Yeah, I noticed this as well. Is there info about this test as it specifically relates to testing for Lyme disease?
No, it was not approved by FDA as far as I know.
According to my doctor, yes. But I don't feel any better after around 8 months.
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She was treated in the hospital with IV steroids and then her antibiotic was changed. She still has adrenal insufficiency and takes a daily replacement dose of hydrocortisone to replace what her body is no longer able to make. To be clear, the antibiotic did not cause the adrenal insufficiency but the higher cortisol demands upon the adrenals exposed it.
Adrenal insufficiency is a label recognized by medical professionals and it means something specific in terms of the adrenals ability to respond (or not) to ACTH produced in the brain.
Long before most people present with AI, they may display symptoms of HPA axis dysfunction which some doctors will call adrenal fatigue.
I personally hate the term adrenal fatigue because so many doctors associate it with quackery and disregard the real symptoms infection can cause in dysregulating the endocrine system.
I would consider doing a saliva cortisol test to see how much cortisol your adrenals are producing across the day if you are concerned about your levels.
Ema
I have Bartonella and Lyme and I've been taking Clarithromycin 500 1/d for about 2 months now.
In the beginning i had a mild herx raction; some headache and some joint pain, wich i usually don't have. Those symptoms faded away after couple of weeks. I am, however, improving smal step by step. I take biofilm destroying agents* with it and berberin.
* I was prescribed biofilm defense (r) but i also took some lumbrokinase and EDTA with it.
The interesting thing is that i recently ran out of clarithromycin and i took some azithromycin which i had left from an earlier AB course. I experienced herxing the day after but now with other symptoms; i had a sudden flu like feeling with cold chills for a few hours and gastric pain and diahhrea. I had this 2 times, allways the day after i took it.
I think the kind of AB matters a lot.
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Hi Legolas,
What type of Berberine do you take and in which quantities ? Does it help ?
What type of Berberine do you take and in which quantities ? Does it help ?
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Thank you Sushi. Are you sure it is 250 because I can only find berberine 500 at Thorne ?
Thank you
Thank you
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azithromycin really isn't the best for that I think?