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It is now 2 years I have been loosely following the Wheldon protocol. I have been treated by a lyme doctor so I have strayed from the protocol a little, but for the most part I have followed it. I stayed on ABX full time for 1.5 years, before going to intermittent therapy. I slowly tapered down the ...

I have recently had another MRI. The MRI showed no change in the lesions. I obviously would have liked them to be smaller, but staying the same is better than more. My symptoms have improved somewhat. The numbness in my left had is much improved, gone sometimes barley there other times. The right ha...

Of the antibiotics talked about here, the Lyme Doctor prescribed Doxycycline, Flagyl, and Zithromax. He has also extended the prescriptions for Doxy and Flagyl. He originally prescribed it in two different ways. One was for 30 days straight and the other was to rotate it 10 days and 10 days on anoth...

In 8/04 I had Lhermitte’s sign and numb fingers. 10/04 had MRI with 3 lesions on brain and one spinal cord lesion in the neck area. The lesion in the neck was enhanced, but there was no enhancement fluid used for the brain MRI. I had a spinal tap that came out negative. The neurologist said I had an...

Daunted:
What quantities of Doxycycline/Rifampin/Amoxicillin do you take? When you pulse the Flagyl do you take all 4 antibiotics at the same time?

Thanks

6. Some CPn patients have described that their joints begin popping after initiating antibiotic treatment. I've experienced this, as well as knee pain that I've never had before. Interesting! I have experienced the popping joints also. I wonder if it is a sign of the CPn reaction to the antibiotics...

It looks like 100mg's of Mino is the equivalent, or even better than, 200mg’s of Doxy according to this article. http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1997/04_97/cunha_1.htm This is some interesting stuff on the concentration levels Mino achieves. http://www.sarcinfo.com/minocin.htm Edit: I am not a doc...