RE: Antibiotic Question

[Guest guest]

cea appears to have a bacterial component to it and antibiotics

can be useful for some to assist with killing off the bacteria on the

skin, under the skin, in the mucus membranes of the eyes (for ocular

cea). However, even though the two or 3 common ones

(Tetracycline, Doxycycline and Erythromycin) used are considered to

be milder and less harmful than most other antibiotics, they should

not be used long term because of their negative affects on the immune

system, optic nerves, digestive, absorption, elimination and immune

systems of the body. As well as the liver and kidneys. The

description of what antibiotics do to the body is much to long to key

in. Best thing to do is to take them short term while aggressively

investigating more natural and safe alternatives. There are numerous

natural antibiotics to try; oregano oil, Pau D Arco, Red Clover,

Echinacea, Garlic, Vitamin C, Olive Leaf Extract, Grapefruit Seed

Extract, teat tree oil. Just to mention a few. There are also

numerous very potent Chinese herbs and naturopathic/homeopathic

medicines that are also excellent antibiotics. If you do choose to

take a course of pharmaceutical antibiotics please consider going to

your local library and looking up in the Physicians Reference manual

the full disclosure of side affects. You will be surprised at how few

side affects the physician and pharmacist disclosed to you. Also, be

sure and take 4 high potency properly refrigerated acidophilus

capsules every night on an empty stomach to replace the good

bacteria that have been killed off.

I guess all I am saying is be aware of the side affects and do all

you can to mitigate them and to get off of the antibiotics as soon as

you find other solutions that work for you.

Best wishes

M Meadows

> Dear :

> Can you please inform me of this antibotic....I have been using

metracream > for awhile and I did not know that antibotics could be

taken for a long > period of time and with results...can you please

explain this to me what > this one does in particular and the

results. Thank you

>

>

> Re: doxycycline sides

>

>

> >,

> >

> >I agree with the other posts about not taking it on an empty

stomach > >and not taking it so close to bedtime. Try taking it at

dinner time.

> >

> >Also, be careful! I get throat and esophagus(sp) trouble with

> >Tetracycline. Sounds almost identical to what you are getting. My

> >doctor immedietly switched me to Doxycycline and the symptoms went

> >away. He said I was allergic to the Tetracycline and that I was

lucky > >that I had as mild of a reaction as I did. A more severe

reaction > >would be for the throat and esophagus to swell shut. As

you can well > >imagine this would be a serious life threatening

event. This is > >another reason to not take it and then go to bed.

Most medicines > >should be taken when a person will be awake long

enough to notice a > >problem, as sson as it starts to manifest,

giving them time to seek > >help if need be.

> >

> >Take care

> >

> >M Meadows

> >

> >

> >> Has anyone taking doxy oral antibiotic experienced the so-called

> >> gastro-intestinal side-effects? I've been through (and am

> >currently > >> eperiencing) esophagal irritation that causes pain

when > >swallowing.

> >> It lasts a couple of days, then subsides if I ease up on the

> >dosage. > >> My guess is that my nightly regimen of taking a pill

before bed, > >with > >> less than 4oz of water, might have been the

culprit. Any ideas out > >> there?

[Guest guest]

You are totally correct about being very careful with self

administering alternative medicines and natural solutions for

cea. And the lack of quality control in potentcies etc. That is

why I don't take anything, Alternative Medicine (or Conventional

Medicine for that matter), for my cea without the supervision of

a very knowledgable and gifted Doctor, that has proven himself to be

totoally trustworthy, who is both an M.D. and N.D. He only uses the

highest quality substances he can find. He doesn't prescribe the off-

the-shelf brands but quality controlled, only available to medical

professional brands. For our protection there are also now some

independent testing groups who have taken on the task of testing the

off-the-shelf substances available and letting the consumer know who

is true to their label claims and who isn't and what is safe and what

isn't. One is www.consumerlabs.com. Hopefully there will be others to

soon follow. There are others I look at frequently but I am not sure

at this time if they are doing a very good job. I'm still checking

them out.

P.S. Soemthing to be aware regardless of what we choose to take or

not take is the last number I believe I saw in my research was that

90,000 people die each year in this country by " correctly " prescribed

FDA regulated conventional medicines and medical procedures. Patient

beware!

> I just wanted to put in my two cents regarding long-term use of

antibiotics.

> I stayed on antibiotics (tetracycline, minocin and keflex) for

several years.

> I experienced no negative side effects while taking them, and my

rosacea

> flared badly when I stopped last year. Although long-term use of

these drugs

> is not ideal, many people have done it safely. As for natural and

homeopathic

> alternatives, it is important to remember that these substances are

NOT

> regulated by the FDA and may vary in quality or contain harmful

substances

> not listed on the label. For example, a recent investigation here

in the San

> Francisco Bay Area found that up to one-third of all Chinese

medicines

> contained arsenic! Other substances, such as St. 's Wort, were

found to

> have huge variations in strength from brand to brand. Over the

past few

> years, hundreds of people have died or become seriously ill from

using

> " natural " remedies, so please don't just assume that they are safe

or

> superior to prescription drugs. Although prescribed antibiotics can

certainly

> cause many potentially serious side effects, federal law requires

that these

> be documented and disclosed to the consumer. Prescription drugs

are also

> packaged under controlled conditions to ensure uniform strength and

dosage.

> We don't have these same protections when ingesting non-regulated

alternative

> medicines, so be cautious--especially when using substances

imported from

> Asia.

>

> Jill