Schardt Lyme treatment update

December 29, 2006

Hello all,

I just saw the doctor today. My liver function is completely normal

after 25 days on Diflucan 200 mg a day. I will start penicillin

tomorrow for 2 weeks and then do the whole cycle two more times.

I also got a capsacin spray, yes, now I am pepper spraying myself, to

see if this relieves the weird pressure headache. I've used it 3 days

and can't tell if it is helping. Today I have a rather bad pressure

headache just above both ears.

My lumbar puncture tests continue to come back all normal even the

cultures they grew for a month. One glitch, they didn't do the MS

test, but since my MRI was normal the MS test PROBABLY would have

been normal.

The initial pressure was 210 with 180 being the high range of normal.

However, my doc says they never get concerned at 210. We both think

it could be high for me and that I might be super sensitive to the

elevated pressure. I did not have any relief of headache after the

spinal tap. This would lead me to believe that the pressure is not

causing the headache.

My blood pressure MAY have spikes where is becomes high. Most of the

time it is quite normal. But the doc gave me a low dose BP medication

today which I will take.

One further thought - I have always responded well to Zithromax which

is processed through the liver via the P450 pathway. Diflucan is also

processed through P450. The theory behind why it works on borrelia is

that borrelia uses a P450 enzyme to reproduce or something?? - this

makes me think that both Zithromax and now Diflucan may be the best

thing for me to take NOT TOGETHER. This may also explain why I do so

well on Zithromax even though theoretically it is not the best

antibiotic for borrelia.

Anyway, I plan to continue the Schardt protocol. I feel bad enough

these 25 days that I actually may be herxing which I never did on

Zithromax. Of course, it may just be the continuation of whatever

started seven months ago when I developed the headache and vertigo.

No one knows.

a Carnes

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