Re: Re : Herx and Abx > Nelly

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>Oh! I know!!! (Mrs Faulty) This is a difficult one. As I said, my first Herx

>was very delayed (9 days into tx), and then it continued (after I stopped

>tx) for a few days. But I'm sure reactions can vary in their intensity and

>also when they happen especially as it seems to be a feature of infections

>with some of these bugs like Rickettsiae and Lyme (Borrelia burgdoferi),

>that taking abx enables your otherwise useless immune system to start

>producing antibodies (hence the apparently paradoxical phenomenon of having

>a better chance of getting a positive serology AFTER a short

>antibiotherapy). Now I assume that + antibodies means + of a reaction, so

>why not a few days after you stop tx.

Hi Nelly,

Thanks for the thought! You are probably right, I wish we knew. I will

let this comfort me anyway.

>Posology=dose, how to take tx and length of tx. Maybe it's French, but it

>sounds ok in English, doesn't it?

Well yes, in a medical Latin sort of way. Actually it is in the

dictionary, so one up to you!

>So, in short, the choices are pretty much mine, unfortunately. From this

>course on (started today), I am going to try to stick to Jadin's protocol,

>maybe lengthening the courses a wee bit to 10days (instead of 7), and I'll

>try and get as much info from her in Sept.

I vote for 10 days too, or even 12 - based on a) Jadin's own belief in it

at times, and the fact that some H Pylori treatments work better at 10

or 14 days than 7. But - my yeast thing got worse in the 7th day onwards,

so there are risks.

>> 4) Is Furazolidone a good candidate abx (seems to be a substitute for

>> metronidazole/flagyl) with effect on bugs which are flagyl resistant.

>

>Will ask.

I guess given Suzy's point about antacids you should also ask Jadin about

mixing PPI's with abx as her protocol suggests.

>No, I have taken bucketfuls of Amph. B, in the past for exactly the same

>thing ie overgrowth of candida due to abx use and it fixes my gut, takes a

I will suggest this to my man.

>I don't think I do, I had that tested (blood test, any good?), and that

My old doc told me that serum tests were no good, but I see that the web

site I mentioned discusses them as though they are at least nearly as good

as the breath tests. I don't know what the comparative rates of false

results are.

>Have you noticed that opioid antagonists were on the list of things that

>interfered with abx absorption that Susy posted?

See other post...

> >I mean, since I have

>> just crashed, should I be starting again now?

>It's a difficult one since we don't know what is making you feel bad. Could

>be:

>a) pure die-off (as per antibodies having been called into action by use of

Thanks for your thoughts again ... In the absence of any other definitive

answer I'll wait for two weeks or so just so that my doctor doesn't get upset.

>>>Venceremos!

>> Huh?

>WE SHALL OVERCOME! Don't pretend you are too young to know!

Not too youung perhaps, maybe too ignorant or uninterested in what was

obviously something important. I hate to repeat this ignorance in public,

but I still don't know where I should know this from - Vietnam protests???

Best wishes.

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