Question on maralone , input from ppl that took it plz

before starting maralone all my symptoms were improving mostly energy and fatigue were improving not so much brain fog so my LLMD gave me maralone to take along with the bunhor protocol for babesia he has me taking two pills once a day 4 days on 3 days off, it seems to make me extremely weak and drained feeling about 4/5 hours after taking it, I see this is a possible side effect and not sure if it's working a herx or if this is a side effect and I shouldn't be taking it? This is my second week pulsing it . Looking for input from people that have taking maralone

Yeah it makes my brain fog and air hunger a lot worse

If it's making symptoms worse, then you need to detox more, or get tested for the gene mutations to see if you have them and can then take the supplements that allow your body to detox better.

It's best to never start off on a full dose of any meds that will kill the bacteria - if your doctor doesn't understand this yet, then take it upon yourself to ease your way onto the higher doses as Sebreg suggests.

It just sucks becuz my Ernest and fatigue were doing so much h better nefore I started this last Monday like I saw it's Monday thru Thursday pulse and 3 days off and I feel like my energy on this is worse than it ever was its annoying my energy was improving before taking this

I'm calling my LLMD tomorrow morning to ask about the worsening in energy and weakness from taking this

it sucks going thru the herxing but it is usually a good indication the medicine is working. It's all about finding the right middle ground where you herx but not to the point where you feel you are getting hit by a freight train.

These treatments can be marathons, so I wouldn't hesitate to start the meds slowly and gradually build up, sometimes it takes months to build up. It is a pretty consistent strategy that has allowed people to treat their otherwise intractable diseases with meds that hit the disease square in the jaw, causing overwhelming herxes, but getting hit that hard can dissuade people from continuing treatment.

Hopefully your doctor can help you with that strategy, but I would try and stay on the meds if possible. I'm not a doctor, but that's just my lay person opinion and based on my own experiences (which obviously cannot be universally applied haha)! Another strategy I suppose, is your dr might have other gentler meds to help whittle down the pathogen, and then down the line you could try reintroducing the malarone, and hopefully with a reduced pathogen load the herxes won't be as strong.

Oh yeah, and like Trav says, try to detox as much as possible!!!

Good luck and keep hanging in there!

Post Edited (sebreg) : 8/5/2015 8:32:31 AM (GMT-6)

Definitely curious.

So the head nurse that works with my llmd directly emailed me back today and said she talked with the other doctors that work with my llmd at the office since he's away this week to stop the med because a major side effect of it is extreme tiredness and weakness and it's usually a sign of it being too hard on your liver and kidneys so I stopped and waiting for him to get back Monday to take something else