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Very good question. I wanted to raise the same! I am not a Veteran here on the site, not even expert,but experienced a lot on my own. Antibody test means absolutely nothing to me! I am negative for 5 months now and i still have die-off effects of medicines (this was also described here earlier). Someone correct me if i am wrong....

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doxy200, azith250, NACi 2400, Metroi 1250(once a month), supplementsi, vitaminsi.

your not having anymore reactions to the flagyli pulses or rifampin?  

Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. NACi 4000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyl, tinii<

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Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. NACi 4000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyli, tinii<

Keith - Good questions.

I believe after Sarah quit having reactions to the Flagyli pulses a little over a year into treatment, she and David made the decision to move to intermittent antibiotic therapy to make sure the disease was really gone.  She describes this in her blog and posts.  Not sure how many years she did the intermittent - 2 maybe.  Last year she discontinued all antibioticsi and still feels great.

There are others here that have also discontinued antibiotics and are still feeling great.  Some of them come back to post from time to time - some seem to fade off into the sunset and life again.

There are also those still on antibiotics and taking Flagyl pulses several years out because they still react to the Flagyl pulses.  Katman and MSWillow are examples of bloggers  who have been on CAPi for 3 years and still aren't done yet.  Katman improved greatly a while ago but still feels she has a way to go and MSWillow is just recently making improvement.  Think they both have incredible tenacity and courage.

Believe that Stratton patent advises that it may take 3 to 5 years of therapy either full time or full and intermittment to fully eradicate CPNi from your body.

Part of it seems to be how agressively you can tolerate going after the bacteria and still working/caring for yourself and children.  That effects rate of progress too.

It seems you can always tell when routine posters/bloggers here get significantly better - they start posting less and then less and then even less because they are living again.  I won't name names but I am really happy for them. 

 

^{Daisy - Husband on CAP 5/07.   Roxyi, Diflucan round three 4-3, Rifampin, Bactrim DS, Mepron, Prednisone, Novantrone, Doxyi, Azithromycin, Flagyl, Minoi}

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Daisy - Husband on CAPi 5/07.  "When Going Thru Hell, Just Keep Going", Winston Churchill

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Daisy - Husband on CAPi 5/07.  "When Going Thru Hell, Just Keep Going", Winston Churchill

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If you relied on testing, most of us never would have STARTED antibiotics. No, testing will not answer your question. Since patients of the big names in this field are being told to think in terms of up to five years, since the antibiotics are helping even when you're not subjectively observing any changes, we probably ought not to be in a hurry to move to intermittent therapy. Veterans can tell you they notice when their bodies start to pick up the slack and do the job that antibiotics had to do for them. Some of us have noticed when we get a rare cold now, it's milder and ends sooner. The supposition is that our bodies are taking over and our immunei systems are doing the job now. Perhaps if you have had baseline tests for immune system function, which a couple of people here have, you could chart your system's functionality that way. Mostly it's an assessment of whether you're having any reactions to treatment or pulses, whether changing up your meds farther along in treatment produces any changes and how you feel, both physically and mentally, about moving on to intermittent therapy. If you have a knowledgeable doctor, great, but many here are walking their doctor through this tunnel for the first time and the doctor won't know, either. The informal rule of thumb we've told people is one year of abxi for every ten years you've been cpni infected, but I know two people who went to intermittent sooner than that and are doing fine. I figure, with forty years of infection, that I'm going to add in rifampicin soon and do a few months of it before I'm satisfied I'm having no reactions to treatment. That will put me right at the three-year mark of abxi (when I said I'd give this a year to work - hah! at a year, I still knew the abx were helping many aspects of my health).

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 a good question to ask yourself.. just because you dont feel any die off reactions, does this mean that you are not still killing CPNi?

does the 1 year for antibioticsi therapy for every 10 years of infection, begin once you are tolerating the full protocol, naci, doxyi, azith and flagyli?  

 

Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpn, myco, EBVi, CMV. NAC 4000mg, doxy 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyl, tinii<

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Mphs, TN. CFSi, hypoT (Hashi), adrenal fatigue, 37 w/hormones of 80,. right arm neuropathy. + cpni, myco, EBVi, CMV. NACi 4000mg, doxyi 100-2xday, azith 250 m/w/f/sun, progesterone, estriol, synthroid, pulse flagyli, tinii<

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I think that's it, Sharon. I was set to back off and start intermittent therapy last year when I noticed something happening that made me think abxi was still doing good for me, though I wasn't aware of it. I wrote about it elsewhere, so suffice it to say a pea-sized lump under my skin was suddenly diminishing. Now, if that's happening without my taking any notice, what else is happening, in my bone marrow, my organs, whatever? So, I decided to continue with abxi a while longer. I am less afraid of being on abx longer, than I am afraid of quitting too soon. And with no one objective close by on a daily basis, I have to make this decision for myself.

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

Yes, MacK, the same kind of thing happened to me last fall when I sailed thrugh a 25 day pulse. I could not have imagined such a thing even months before and then right after surgery did a regular pulse. It took 49 days to recover and now I have done another and finished nine days ago and here I am, slow and tottery. However, that is miles and miles ahead of three very long years ago.

 

Rica PPMSi EDSSi 6.7 at beginning - now 2. Began CAPi Sept, 2004 with Rifampin 150 mg 2xd, Doxyi 100 mg 2xd, added regular pulses Jan 2005. Jan 2006 switched to Doxy, Azith, cont. flagyli total 50 pulses NC USA

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Rica PPMSi EDSSi 6.7 at beginning - now 2. Began CAPi Sept, 2004 with Rifampin 150 mg 2xd, Doxyi 100 mg 2xd, added regular pulses Jan 2005. Jan 2006 switched to Doxy, Azith, cont. flagyli total 53 pulses LDNi Rifampin 8/08 again NC USA

I think it's a good rule of thumb that when you cease having reactions to the Wheldon CAPi antibioticsi and pulses, and can add Rifampin to this and not have reactions (and may want to add amoxicillan to this to clear as much EBi as possible), then any remaining stuff should be taken care of by intermittent therapy for the next year.

We are probably about approaching that for some people on this site, but most of the folks who have cleared treatment have done so before Cpnhelp was created, i.e. were treated by Dr. Stratton and a few others. Some people may go on maintenance of some kind of periodic treatment, depending on their individual case. 

CAP for Cpn 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, thanks for asking this question I am enjoying following along with the answers too.

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, Cholestyramine 1-2 pks @ HS for Porphoria & Endotoxinsi PRN, Doxy100daily, Roxi300BID, Tinii 500mgBID pulses, VitD3-4000IU, Magnascent Iodine,{S.O.D.3/QD[KAL Brand], +Pyruvate 3.75G +SAM-e For Energy support

Well, Sarah's weighed in. How about Astrodiana and LifeontheIce? Who else is still posting here who's completed full time abxi?

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