Re: Oral antibiotics to IV antibiotics...How do you know its time to switch?

[Guest guest]

I have taken many years of combination antibiotic therapy and I will say that I

don't think that IV antibiotics will make you stomach feel better than orals

will. My guess is that your stomach is sick from parasites, either protozoa,

helminths or both. Consider taking food grade diatamaceous earth every day and

also adding in artemisiae.

Have you tested for babeisa? Mepron was a great gut healer at my house. The

only positive I got for babesia was the Ingenex FISH test.

Read Dr K's lyme protocol presentation and how he first treats for parasites.

Just like looking into lyme, any family with children with ASD should consider

that they have parasites.

Caryn

>

> It may seem like an obvious answer but I don't know the symptoms for not

> tolerating oral antibiotics well. I don't know what warrants ramping up to IV

> from oral and I'm curious what others here have experienced. I can't tolerate

> all the antibiotics the Doc gives me to take at once. For example: 200 mg of

> Doxycycline taken twice a day makes my stomach so nauseous that I feel like I

> have morning sickness! That's JUST the doxy...then to add Valtrex, Rifampin

and

> the other supplements makes me so sick that I can hardly tolerate anything

else

> on my stomach without vomiting. So to avoid this, I break up the doxy (100mg

ea)

> to just one at a time and spread it out to 4 times a day and I feel a bit

better

> and far less nauseous but then my whole dosing schedule is screwed up between

> other herbs and supplements I take that either can't be combined together or

> only taken with food/without food, blah blah blah.

>

> SO I guess I'm just wondering what the level of intolerance I have to achieve

> before IV antibiotics are prescribed?? I'm so confused by my doctor and what

> he's prescribing because everything else he gives me to take makes me feel

> prisoner to my own home and nearly impossible to maintain. Other nurses in his

> practice said that if I was a patient of a different doctor, they would have

put

> me on IV antibiotics long ago considering the state I'm in right now.

>

> I DON'T want IV antibiotics because of the expense and hassle but I don't want

> to prolong the inevitable by wasting time and money on other things that make

me

> sick and give no progress.

>

> Any suggestions?

>

> e

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Caryn for the insight. I never thought about my stomach being queasy on

IV antibiotics...hmmm. I definitely have babesia and parasites but my virus load

is HUGE. Just got over 2 months of shingles and am on Valtrex to keep it away.

Parasites are on the 'bottom' with Lyme with lots of protozoa activity. Dr. K

treats the parasites first? Hmm, my doc also treats my friend and has her doing

a LOT for parasites first too (hers were INSANELY huge issue) and has her taking

artemisiae too with other stuff. Maybe he's underestimating the parasites in me?

I am so easily nauseated anymore nowadays.

> >

> > It may seem like an obvious answer but I don't know the symptoms for not

> > tolerating oral antibiotics well. I don't know what warrants ramping up to

IV

> > from oral and I'm curious what others here have experienced. I can't

tolerate

> > all the antibiotics the Doc gives me to take at once. For example: 200 mg of

> > Doxycycline taken twice a day makes my stomach so nauseous that I feel like

I

> > have morning sickness! That's JUST the doxy...then to add Valtrex, Rifampin

and

> > the other supplements makes me so sick that I can hardly tolerate anything

else

> > on my stomach without vomiting. So to avoid this, I break up the doxy (100mg

ea)

> > to just one at a time and spread it out to 4 times a day and I feel a bit

better

> > and far less nauseous but then my whole dosing schedule is screwed up

between

> > other herbs and supplements I take that either can't be combined together or

> > only taken with food/without food, blah blah blah.

> >

> > SO I guess I'm just wondering what the level of intolerance I have to

achieve

> > before IV antibiotics are prescribed?? I'm so confused by my doctor and what

> > he's prescribing because everything else he gives me to take makes me feel

> > prisoner to my own home and nearly impossible to maintain. Other nurses in

his

> > practice said that if I was a patient of a different doctor, they would have

put

> > me on IV antibiotics long ago considering the state I'm in right now.

> >

> > I DON'T want IV antibiotics because of the expense and hassle but I don't

want

> > to prolong the inevitable by wasting time and money on other things that

make me

> > sick and give no progress.

> >

> > Any suggestions?

> >

> > e

> >

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