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Thanks for all the replies.

I do work out regularly and my bp was perfectly normal before starting abxi. I've tried all sorts of things from cutting out caffeine to reducing salt intake but nothing has had an effect. The doc says it's not unusual for the die-off inflammatory/anxiety response to cause hypertensioni (among other miseries, as you all know!) so diet and exercise changes are not likely to have much impact in this case. She often prescribes a little Benicar with abxi. So I guess I'll give it a try and just start with a very low dose and work my way up carefully, as suggested. Hopefully it will help stabilize the bp rather than just lower it across the board.

Asthmai, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 started Azithromycin 1000mg/week.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

"seems to stabalize my body temp"

Oh, I would love that! I hope it would do that for me too. I'm getting really tired of this roller coaster of hot and sweaty one hour and feeling like I'm sitting naked at the North pole the next, with nothing I do able to warm me up short of living in a hot tub.

Asthmai, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 started Azithromycin 1000mg/week.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

I'm looking for roxithromycin sources on-line. Have been advised not to buy from Asian suppliers. I live in the USA. Thanks!

DX: Borrelia, Babesia, CP, suspected Bartonella CAPi: Omnicef, Minocycline, Tindamax

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DX: Borrelia, Babesia, CP, suspected Bartonella CAPi: Omnicef, Minocycline, Tindamax

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DX: Borrelia, Babesia, CP, suspected Bartonella CAPi: Omnicef, Minocycline, Tindamax

I think this post is in the wrong place. Can it be moved to the appropriate forum?

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

How long does Benicar take to have an effect? I started taking 1/2 tab (10mg) yesterday and my doc said if that doesn't work then go up to 1 tab (20mg) but didn't specify how long to try 1/2 tab first. I had an "episode" yesterday afternoon that the Beni didn't seem to calm but it may have been too soon or it may have been the result of doubling my azi....or both. I was taking 250mg azi every other day and was bumped up to 250mg daily at the same time I started the Beni. So now I don't know how long to try the 1/2 tab of Beni before bumping it up to 1 tab.

Asthmai, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 started Azithromycin 250mg/day.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

Presacanario, you're right. It does seem to stabilize body temp! I started taking it last Thurs and I've been feeling so much more comfortable in that way the last few days.

Only bad thing is I've feeling tired and cranky this morning. Is that a side-effect or am I just suffering from Monday Morning Blues (aggravated by DST)? lol

Asthmai, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 started Azithromycin 1000mg/week.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

Sunni,

From my experiences while on the MPi using high doses of Benicar for the last 3+ yrs, I would give Benicar about 2 full days to know what it's doing. I'm very curious if you notice any abxi potentiation while on Benicar.

If you're not familiar with the MP it uses extremely low doses of combination abxi (full dose of Zithi is 125 mg every 10 days) because folks get so "symptomatic" and unable to take much more than an 1/8 or for some even a 1/16 of a Zith while on the high doses of Benicar (40 mg every 6 hrs)

I'm still trying to learn how that "works" and if the symptoms are in fact die-off or some other phenomenon so it may not be the issue at all. Just looking, trying to learn and very curious and quizzical.

Did MP for 3 1/2 yrs. NACi 1200 mg/2x day, myco+ I (still) want my life back! CFIDSi/FMSi, Hashimoto's, Psoriasis, PA, IBSi, Secondary Addison's

When I change what I believe I change what I do

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NACi 2400 mg, Zithi 250mg/MWF, minoi 100mg/BID, Tinii 500mg/BID pulses, Iodoral 25mg, Supps, CFIDSi/FMSi, Hashimoto's, Psoriasis, PA, IBSi, Secondary Addisons

Hi Reenie. I'm not really familiar with MPi. I haven't been able to find a doc who will do a CAPi. Why does MP use high doses of Benicar? I'm on a low dose just to keep the bp lower since it was all over the place. I, like you, am still trying to figure out what's going on. I can find no hard evidence of the "die-off" effect. On the other hand, I can't find any evidence that these reactions are drug "side effects" either. All I know is the symptoms are there whatever the cause. The Benicar does help reduce symptoms but not reliably. I seem to be having fewer bad days since I started it and the bad days seem to be less sever most of the time. But sometimes I still have a really nasty bad day and can't, for the life of me, figure out why that day is worse than another. There's no obvious difference between that and a good day as far as what might have set it off. So frustrating, isn't it?

 Asthma, chronic sinusitis/rhinitis, chronic tendonitis, hypothyroid. Jan 9, '08 - started azithromycin 1000mg/week. Mar 13, '08 - increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily.

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GFAi - asthmai, sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi 200mg/day Aug 16.

Sunni,
The MPi is another CAPi with D and light restriction and much higher doses of Benicar than typically rx'd along with extremely low doses of abxi. 

I came here asking questions after not being able to get any convincing solid and sound answers to what happened to me this past October when I appeared to be relapsing after a great 6 months which looked and felt like recovery.  Very long story. 

Anyway,  the MP is short for the Marshall Protocol which was designed by Trevor Marshall, PhD.  You can google it if you like.  There are a few of the folks from that site active on this site now, like me.  

MP for 3 1/2 yrs. NACi 1200 mg/2x day, myco+ I (still) want my life back! CFIDSi/FMSi, Hashimoto's, Psoriasis, PA, IBSi, Secondary Addison's

When I change what I believe I change what I do

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NACi 2400 mg, Zithi 250mg/MWF, minoi 100mg/BID, Tinii 500mg/BID pulses, Iodoral 25mg, Supps, CFIDSi/FMSi, Hashimoto's, Psoriasis, PA, IBSi, Secondary Addisons