Newbie with some questions

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Quick background: I'm 44, and I had my first RA flare in May of this year. I

was tested via

TARCI (The Arthritis Research Center) in June and came up positive for M.

hominis.

My MD started me on 50 mg Doxy, on MWF, the beginning of July. From my reading,

we

decided to start low and pulsing.

I'm taking probiotics daily, making sure I'm not taking anything that would

interfere with

the antibiotics (calcium, etc.), and I'm taking Wobenzym (3 tablets, twice

daily) for

inflammation.

Since beginning the antibiotics earlier this month, I've had some days with

little pain and

I've had some bad ones where my elbows were very, very sore.

My understanding is that improvement is gradual. What I don't understand is how

one

determines if and when the antibiotic dose should be increased, and how do you

know it's

working?

Our plan is to periodically retest via TARCI, to see if the mycoplasma infection

is clearing.