Re: Advice needed on dosage

July 8, 2008

Hi, !

All I can tell you is what I am taking for psoriatic, rheumatoid, and

fibromyalgia. I'm taking 200mg each day of minocin and 250mg each day of

azithromycin. I am about 5 months into the protocol. I had a lot stronger

herxheimer reaction than I probably would have had if I had started at a

lower dose, but my doc seems to treat fairly aggressively. I do have

occasional, minor episodes of dizziness akin to standing up too quickly. I

do have to take the meds with food in spite of labeling otherwise because I

simply cannot avoid a vicious heartburn otherwise. So, that probably

reduces their effectiveness a bit. Hope that helps.

Blessings!

Terri

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Subject: rheumatic Advice needed on dosage

Hi All,

Australian naturopath here. I have had a new lady present to me after

hearing the ABC report on AP and being referred from the RB. She has

had psoriatic arthritis for 8 years and had her right hand in a splint

with lots of pain and inflammation, that was until she took the

Minocin. She hasn't needed the splint since the day she first took

Minocin. She was taking 100mg twice a day everyday until she felt the

side effects were too much, dizziness and an awful metallic taste in

her mouth. She is now doing 100mg/day, everyday and doing well. I

said to her that many people here seem to do 100mg twice a day on Mon,

Wed and Fri to avoid the reactions. Would this be a better regime than

her current one? Also, my other client whose pain level has not

changed from the 25% reduction and has managed to reduce her pain

medication 25% is keen to add in one extra day and do 200mg M, W, F and

Sat or is it better for us to just be patient, she is around 4 months

into the protocol? Could you please advise on these situations?

Thank you so much,

Kindest regards,

July 8, 2008

, the reason Dr. Brown, the rheumatologist who developed this

protocol, pulsed the therapy was because he found that the organisms

causing the disease were slow in cell division - varying between 24 and 48

hours so it wasn't necessary to 'throw' medication at them daily - putting

the patient at risk for more gut problems. Having said that though, he

varied the protocol during the treatment period - depending on the patient -

always prescribing sufficient probiotics. In the early days of using this

therapy he had the drug company make up capsules of tetracycline in 50 mg.

child dose size to start people off - prescribing it to be taken once or

twice a week - to avoid the Herxheimer, and they responded over time to that

low dose. Now days, some doctors prescribe the Minocin in 50 mg. doses to

start.

We have found over the years that starting slowly is usually much easier on

the patient. Tailor the protocol to the patient.

In a conference back in 1991 for doctors using this therapy, each doctor had

developed their own protocol. Dr. Bingham (now deceased) made the statement

" I think large doses given every other day, other than at the beginning, are

sort of a waste. We don't see a difference in daily doses and three times a

week after the patient has been on it a while. "

In psoriatic arthritis,omitting most grain products may prove to be helpful.

As for your second patient, we have to remember this therapy is a slow

process, but if she has hit a plateau, you may need to look for other

problems that need addressing in order for the Minocin to work again, and do

make sure to keep that gut in balance. If there are no other problems, then

you could try increasing the dosage.

Ethel

rheumatic Advice needed on dosage

> Hi All,

> Australian naturopath here. I have had a new lady present to me after

> hearing the ABC report on AP and being referred from the RB. She has

> had psoriatic arthritis for 8 years and had her right hand in a splint

> with lots of pain and inflammation, that was until she took the

> Minocin. She hasn't needed the splint since the day she first took

> Minocin. She was taking 100mg twice a day everyday until she felt the

> side effects were too much, dizziness and an awful metallic taste in

> her mouth. She is now doing 100mg/day, everyday and doing well. I

> said to her that many people here seem to do 100mg twice a day on Mon,

> Wed and Fri to avoid the reactions. Would this be a better regime than

> her current one? Also, my other client whose pain level has not

> changed from the 25% reduction and has managed to reduce her pain

> medication 25% is keen to add in one extra day and do 200mg M, W, F and

> Sat or is it better for us to just be patient, she is around 4 months

> into the protocol? Could you please advise on these situations?

>

> Thank you so much,

>

> Kindest regards,

>

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July 8, 2008

Thanks so much Ethel, you make everything so clear.

Kind regards,

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From: Ethel Snooks <emsnooks@...>

Subject: Re: rheumatic Advice needed on dosage

rheumatic

Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 1:57 PM