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Posted 8/10/2015 12:23 PM (GMT -5)
My mom is 81 years old and until last December she was in good health. She has a number of issues but we attributed them to 'normal' life. Osteoarthritis extremely bad in her fingers, chronic UTIs, extreme back issues (spinal stenosis), some hearing loss, etc. When she was diagnosed with Lyme's disease many of her health issues seemed to be related in some way to lymes. We do not have a LLMD near us so she has been seeing a doctor who is treating several patients with Lymes disease and we felt he was experienced. Her is what she is currently taking. could someone tell me if it makes sense? I've decided we must find her a LLMD so we know she is being treated correctly!

Cefdinir 300 mg
tinidazole 500 mg takes mon-thursday only
alpha base w/out iron,
ortho biotic
trameric
TMG 500 mg
orth mega calm
sambucus for sinus type issues
and last week she was put on Happy Belly
Posted 8/10/2015 12:41 PM (GMT -5)
Cefdinir (Omnicef) - is a good antibiotic to treat lyme, and Tinidazole is used to treat the 'cyst' form of lyme.

Is she on 300 mg once daily? If so, that is a low dose.

Has the Dr. mentioned possible co-infections she may have (bartonella/babesia)....

Also, has she been on the same antibiotic since December? Most protocols are changed after a while.

Has your mom or you noticed any symptom improvement?

She needs to be on a good probiotic - I'm wondering if that is what Happy Belly is? Or what is the Ortho biotic?
Posted 8/10/2015 2:54 PM (GMT -5)
she takes the cefdinir twice a day (300 x 2)
the probiotic is the ortho biotic

he has adjusted the amount of her antibiotics but not changed them.

not once has he mentioned a detox bath.

she had a lot happen the end of December, we moved her in January and all that time she was feeling awful. she improved a bit around April and then we got into all the heat in Alabama and she is back to being so fatigued she can't get up and do anything.
Posted 8/10/2015 10:21 PM (GMT -5)
Seems like he knows what he's doing since he's addressing multiple things that my doctors are addressing.
Abx, probiotics, detox supplements, turmeric, etc.
My abx treatment is 22 weeks long and runs between three week cycles.
Week 1- M,W,F I take Doxycyline 100mg. 2xdaily
Septra (Bactrim) 800-160 Tab. 2xdaily
Cefdinir 300mg. 2xdaily
Week 2- Same as week 1
Th, Fr Metronidazole 500mg 2xdaily
Week3- no antibiotics, emphasis on diet and probiotics

This repeats every 3 weeks and I'm on week 5 Monday. For the last 2 hours I have felt like crap, headache, pressure in head, miserable, malaise, etc. This has to be a herx effect. I can't go running I feel too miserable. Hot bath and hopefully turmeric will do the trick.
Posted 8/10/2015 11:25 PM (GMT -5)
Sharon - I'm not surprised that the Dr. hasn't talked about detox bath. My LL Dr. is a Naturopathic Dr. and he has never mentioned a detox bath...but I learned from others on this forum...and I do them almost daily.

It is wise of you to take your mom to a LLMD...you really want someone who is an expert in the field.

I think it would be a good idea for your mom to have detox baths. Just make sure the bath is warm, not hot...and add some epsom salts to it.
You could also get her a natural bristle brush and dry brush before the baths.

Is she getting plenty of water? She needs 8 glasses per day...and squeeze some fresh lemon juice into some glasses.

Also, tell her to let you know if she has any GI problems...that can happen with antibiotics. She needs to take the probiotics every day. A good time to take them is in the evening - at least two hours after antibiotics. - then they have all night to replenish the bacteria in the gut.
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