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Arron, I have nothing to lose by leaving. I was misquoted, and deliberately. I suggest you read all my cautions about taking Minocycline and antibiotics and then tell me if it is anywhere close to proper to claim that I think that "they can be like popping candy." This is not an academic e...

Deb, I suggest you take a look at the following page:

http://www.davidwheldon.co.uk/ms_treatment.html

It's contains a description of a doctor who did prescribe antibiotics for MS and where it did work.

Good luck!

Finn, I find this to be a fascinating summary of my beliefs about antibiotics. Pretty much everything that you have said about what the attitudes I have to antibiotics is completely false. Specifically, I am very concerned about taking even a medicine as safe as Minocycline. I suggest you actually r...

In order to put Dr. Sriram's study into context, it is worth while to read the following page: http://www.albany.net/~tjc/parenchymal.html It details another study of how useful Avonex is in preventing brain shrinkage. The results from the page are as follows: MS patients had significant Brain Atrop...

I don't want to turn out to be the party-pooper, but I do want to sound a note of caution here. We know for a definite fact that the regimen of antibiotics as suggested by Dr. Wheldon works in the case of MS. However, the human body is a vastly complex creation, and there are all sorts of possible s...

Unfortunately, it is far more irresponsible to talk of "false hope." The entire course of human medical history is exactly that of finding cures for diseases that were previously thought uncurable. As far as my personal experience is concerned, the regimen of antibiotics isn't even a matte...

Treez, that was basically what my girlfriend experienced. We bought antibiotics online anyway and she took them. After a serious Herxheimer response, she's much better, almost to the point of being cured. A few more months and hopefully she won't have to take anything. As I mentioned in an earlier p...

These are not easy medicines to take, although it increasingly appears that the reason is that there's a large amount of bacteria that die and cause adverse reactions. Karrie, I am very sorry that you are offended, but I do have the right to try to figure out what happened, as does everyone else. Th...

One of the specific warnings about Minocycline is to take it with a full glass of water and to not lie down after taking it for at least half an hour(although it doesn't sound like Karrie did that.) The reason is that the capsule might get stuck in the throat. If it does, it will eat through the gul...

Karrie, it might be worthwhile to keep in mind the possibility that you are allergic to Minocycline. It is a very safe drug: tens of millions of people have safely taken Minocycline - I have been taking it myself for several weeks now. Still, it is a drug. I am allergic to garlic. The latter reactio...

You can purchase Roxythromycin here without needing a prescription: http://www.freedom-pharmacy.com/Products2.asp?Brand=CADITHRO+%28Rulide%2C+Roxithromycin%29 It is a pharmacy located in Australia. I have had good results buying medicines from them. It is always best to get a prescription for any me...

Christy, I am very glad to hear that there are some neurologists out there who are willing to prescribe a tetracycline, irrespective of whatever reason they think it might help. At least, they are open to new treatments, which is the important thing. From what little I know: there is supposed to be ...

Philip, I can certainly agree to some extent with you about bewilderment at what goes on in the minds of neurologists when they are presented with bona fide medical research (and David Wheldon's research certainly qualifies as being of top tier calibre.) But...the simple fact is that the person who ...

Coach, from what I have experienced, it is unlikely that you will find a neurologist in the US who is willing to prescribe you Minocycline for MS. (Unless, I suppose, if they are at Vanderbilt.) This is rather unfortunate, since while the ABCRs have vague ways of somewhat arresting the disease, the ...

Does anyone know what might happen if someone stops taking betaseron after having been on it for a few years? Are there any adverse reactions, such as withdrawal symptoms, or the like?

Thanks.