I actually tried Dr. Pridgen's protocol for a brief period but had to stop because of cost.
My doctor prescribed exactly what Dr. Pridgen used and I saw huge relief the first 4 days of use.
My insurance would not cover cost for the Famciclovir.
I hope to challenge the insurance company when I'm able.
I actually tried Dr. Pridgen's protocol for a brief period but had to stop because of cost.
My doctor prescribed exactly what Dr. Pridgen used and I saw huge relief the first 4 days of use.
My insurance would not cover cost for the Famciclovir.
I hope to challenge the insurance company when I'm able.
JT1024,
Thank you for your response. My doctor contacted Dr. Pridgen, and after signing a nondisclosure agreement, she started me on the basics this past Tuesday. I basically had a choice of three combinations and chose the least expensive, Acyclovir and Meloxicam, plus an over the counter stomach medication . There was no indication that more expensive was better, but I'm sure there is a lot of difference in individuals.
I had originally taken Acyclovir for a Shingles infection last November. I googled Fibro and Shingles and found the link between Fibro and the herpes virus and the studies and Pridgen. I also noticed I felt better after the week on Acyclovir. It took awhile for my doctor to contact Dr. Pridgen, and he was busy with the Fast Track stuff. During that time, I came down with another case of Shingles (3 months in between). She put me on a 2 wk course of Acyclovir (at my request) and again I felt better. Last Tuesday, I started the Acyclovir and Meloxicam. I have been on the Meloxicam before, but had high blood pressure. She has me on BP pills now.
So, we will see how it goes. I gave up grains in January, as my sister who has Fibro, has had very good results with the Wheat Belly diet. I've lost 20 lbs (yea!) I had a couple of good days between going off the Acyclovir for the Shingles, and going back on for the Pridgen Protocol. But now I'm back to feeling like I have the flu (who knows, maybe I have the flu). My doctor has given me a one year prescription for the Acyclovir and Meloxicam. I'm willing to be on it for a year before calling it good or bad.
I have learned a tremendous amount about the relationship of virus' and fibro and chronic fatigue that has been totally absent in the fibromyalgia forums and associations I have been associated with. I want to learn all I can about it. I have read Judy Mikovits book, The Plague.
If anyone is interested in the Pridgen Protocol, Dr. Pridgen will share his information with your physician. You can email him at
tsasurgery@gmail.com