From the FAQ

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From the FAQ on www.rheumatic.org -

The ultimate decision about whether this antibiotic therapy is appropriate for

you should be made with advice from your physician. Treatment must be tailored

to the individual patient. While this therapy is effective for the vast majority

of rheumatoid patients, it does not always work for everyone. If treatment

failure occurs, then other misdiagnosed medical problems must be investigated

carefully, always keeping in mind that one can have more than one disease

process as well as more than one diagnosis going on in one's body at the same

time.

For example, toxic root canal teeth and Lyme Disease (caused by a spirochete)

are two of the most commonly overlooked problems which can lead to treatment

failure because they require separate treatment programs. In fact, if either of

these two diagnoses is so much as suspected of being even a remote possibility,

then appropriate testing should be done before starting any long term antibiotic

protocol in order to prevent unnecessary complications with this therapy. [Lyme

Disease is now associated with over 300 medical conditions including ALS;

Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; MS; almost any inflammatory or

degenerative central, autonomic, and peripheral neurological disturbance;

fibromyalgia; IBS; eye inflammation; rheumatoid arthritis; scleroderma; lupus,

etc. Patients need to be aware that current guidelines for testing Lyme often

result in false negatives. Researcher Joanne Whitaker, M.D. has developed a more

accurate test for Lyme Disease called the Q-RIBb test which actually looks for

the cell wall deficient form of Borrelia Burgdorferi, rather than relying on

detection of antibodies. This test is available from Central Florida Research,

Inc. They accept billing for Medicare and most major insurance companies. Check

their website for more information. www.centralfloridaresearch.com. The phone

number is 863-956-3538.]