Re: Re: Abby's clinic/Zmax

[Guest guest]

I will have to go to IE and get the sites and send the URLs to you, but am

happy to do so,

n Rojas

Re: Abby's clinic/Zmax

> Zach's only been on Zmax for ear infections. I have heard great

> things about taking Zmax three times a week. Maybe this will work

> for Abby.

> Could you explain the difference between the mucoid and non-mucoid

> PA? My clinic didn't mention which one Zach had and I didn't know

> to ask.

> Sara

>

>

> > Our clinic visit went fine. We were given a room that had not

> been

> > used yet that morning. Squeaky wheel.... Abby is 97th percentile

> > for wt. and 90th for ht. Got a good throat swab and hopefully

> won't

> > grow anything. In the event the intermittent Pa is back I talked

> to

> > Dr. Spencer about Zithromax. From what I've read it's usually

> given

> > to those with chronic Pa and is very effective in suppressing it.

> It

> > is not anti-pseudomonal but has some anti-inflammatory properties

> > that keep the Pa thrown off balance and make it harder for it to

> make

> > biofilm. We know that most of the time the Pa will be

> intermittant

> > and non-mucoid for awhile at first. The study I looked at said

> that

> > statistically on avg. it turns mucoid within a couple of years.

> That

> > may have been an old study but never the less it seems to me that

> if

> > we started her on a Z-max regimen now (if the Pa is back) then

> > possibly it could postpone the mucoid Pa from colonizing. Spencer

> > acted like he would definitely be interested in trying it and

> would

> > talk to the team. Of course this all depends on her culture

> > results. He said " she would probably be the youngest person in

> the

> > country on it. " Which surprised me. Are any of your little ones

> on

> > azithromycin? Abby is 15 mos. What do y'all think about this?

> >

> > Joe

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Kim; this makes sense to me--just bought my nest jar of

Solgar Chelated Magnesium (glycinate)--have not had a

muscle cramp since beginning it about a year ago when I

read your first post! And, although I do receive less Tobra than

formerly--just doing better--I am amased at

this stuff--amased enough not to skip a dose!

Thank you,

n Rojas

Re: Abby's clinic/Zmax

> Joe,

>

> I don't know if I ever sent you copies of a couple 20-year old research

papers. The studies indicated that

> Pa becomes mucoid in the face of magnesium deficiency, and is reversible

when Mg is brought into

> balance.

>

> The same thing happens with aminoglycoside antibiotics. Pa becomes

resistant to aminoglycosides

> (i.e. Tobramycin, TOBI, gentamicin, amikacin) in the face of Mg

deficiency, but is the resistance is

> reversable when Mg deficiency is corrected.

>

> In both instances, this is exactly what happened to my son. He'd cultured

mucoid Pa since 1998, and at the onset

> the mucoid Pa was resistant to all aminoglycosides (though his non-mucoid

Pa was sensitive to aminoglycosides).

>

> We began correcting Mg deficiency at the end of January 2002. By April

2002, a culture showed both mucoid Pa

> (and non-mucoid) Pa was sensitive to all aminoglycosides. And at his next

culture in Dec. 2002, the mucoid Pa

> didn't even show up.

>

> Some people have shown similar results, though at least in one person, the

aminoglycoside sensitivity reversed to

> resistancy. I suspect this is because of other meds he was taking that

continually deplete Mg.

>

> Kim

>

> --- " Joe " <reamsfarm@m...> wrote:

> The study I looked at said that

> > statistically on avg. it turns mucoid within a couple of years. That

> > may have been an old study but never the less it seems to me that if

> > we started her on a Z-max regimen now (if the Pa is back) then

> > possibly it could postpone the mucoid Pa from colonizing.

>

>

>

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> be construed as medical advice.

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> PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR

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