i'm curious. the consensous here for zithro dosage seems to be 500mg. well, when my old physician initially treated my infectious cause she prescribed zithro 500mg qd (daily) along with doxyi 200mg qd for 3 months. well, after about 3 weeks on this dosage my stomach pain were inbearable! i now realize it was the DAILY 500mg of zithro that did the damage. needless to say, i stopped and it wasnt until i found this site that i decided to start treatment again (about 6 months later). i started back up with 500mg zithro MWF along with the doxy. well, after seeing Dr. Powell he mentioned that 250mg MWF would be suffice. i also notice both stratton and weldon recommend this dosage. i realize it has a long half life, but if 500mg is gonna kill more bugs and give me more bang (with no side effects) i definitely wanna go that route. any thoughts?
Keith
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Doxyi 100mg q12hr; Biaxin 500mg q12hr; Amoxicillinii 500mg q12hr; Armour 1 grain; T3; Cortef 15mg; 4000 units Vitamin Dii; Ursodiol; prescription enzymes; life extension vitamin/minerals
I take 250 on mon, wed,
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. Mohandas Gandhi
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. Mohandas Gandhi
I think the 500mg dosage
I think the 500mg dosage may have come from my original dosing error! From everything I have seen and all the doc's I've talked to, 250mg is just fine for our purposes. I believe I got some initial benefit from the higher dose initially but increased side effects like tinnitusi. We don't need to stress our systems more if we really aren't getting much out of it.
CAPi for Cpni 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi & FMSi. Protocol: 200mg Doxyi, 250mg MWF Azith, Tinii 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D1000 units, Iodoral 50mg, T4 & T3
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CAPi for Cpni 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi & FMSi. Currently: 150mg BID Roxithromycin, Doxycycline 100mg BID, Tinii 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D2000 units, T4 & T3
Keith, You might also
Keith, You might also consider the effect that it could have on you liver in the double dose format and consider those implications as well in your choice.My liver is likely holding a lot of CPni and killing them off to fast is not the wisest choice, we need our liver cells for a good number of functions.!
Louise
CFSi/ME.CPnPositive.BbPositive.WheldonCAPbegan6/24/07. NowNAC,Doxyi, Roxi, TiniPulse#4 Ended2/3/08. Cholestyramine at BedtimeforPhorphoria&liposacarideEndotoxinDie-OffExperiences.
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Louise-CFSi, CPN+/Bb+ Wheldon CAPi 6/07, Cholestyramine1-2pksHSforPorphoria& Endotoxinsi, Doxy100daily,Roxi300BID,Tini500mgBIDpulses,VitD3-4000IU,MagnascentIodine,{S.O.D.3/QD[KAL Brand],+Pyruvate3.75G+SAM-eForEnergy}
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Louise-CFSi, CPN+/Bb+ Wheldon CAPi 6/07, Cholestyramine1-2pksHSforPorphoria& Endotoxinsi, Doxy100daily,Roxi300BID,Tini500mgBIDpulses,VitD3-4000IU,MagnascentIodine,{S.O.D.3/QD[KAL Brand],+Pyruvate3.75G+SAM-eForEnergy}
Another point is that the
Another point is that the Azithromycin is a bacteriastatic ABXi not a killer per se, (it has some small killing effect but nothing compare to Flagyl) so if a 250mg dose does the job of stopping the replication of Cpni why take more than that?
Michèle (UK) GFAi: Wheldon CAPi 1st May 2006. Daily Doxyi, Azi MWF, metroi pulse. Zoo keeper for Ella, RRMSi, At worse EDSSi 9, 3 months later 7 now 5.5 Wheldon CAP 16th March 2006
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Michèle (UK) GFAi: Wheldon CAPi 1st May 2006. Daily Doxyi, Azi MWF, metroi pulse. Zoo keeper for Ella, RRMSi, At worse EDSSi 9, 3 months later 7 now 5.5 Wheldon CAP 16th March 2006