Doctor's best lumbrokinase brand. Reliable and affective?

Hey everyone, I'm considering buying lumbrokinase based on advice I received on this forum. Can anyone tell me if the Doctor's Best brand is high quality or if needed suggest an alternative? Thanks!

I can't answer your question accurately, but I will say, in general, I am much more skeptical about pricey supplement brands now than I used to be. I've never taken an extremely expensive supplement and thought it was far superior to other brands and worth the high cost. Often I would see no difference no matter the supplement or the cost.

Another alternative I have used is the "Double Wood" brand Lumbrokinase, just recently able to take a 2nd pill daily.

Cost effective.

@garzie or anyone for that matter, what dosage is recommended? What would be the high end? I rarely herx from supplements and push the limits.

Thanks. I’ll use the cheaper brand because I will more than likely use the high end dosage. I’ve not found any reason to have a suppressed immune and I’ve been making solid progress at getting better. I’ve gone from being bed ridden to living a fairly normal life by using only herbal treatments. I think I’m just one of the 10% of people that don’t herx like Buehner mentioned in his book. I always thought it was because I was a health nut before getting sick. Who knows? I just need to shed the last lingering symptoms. Thanks again.

Hi,

I took double wood lumbrokinase for some months. I did not notice anything, any particular effect. Similiarly taking nattokinase for months. I m not sure if the supposed effect of busting biofilm is a kind of percievable or feelable phenomenon in terms of one can have stronger herx or abx appear to work more effectively. But without any concrete benefits, I dont feel like continue taking stuff based only on anecdotes, eg it has been said it can be effective. In other words through mere faith. Since already taking so much meds and supplements I feel I need to stay with that which concretely works and gives benefit, even if it appears with delay, eg after some days. For example it seems to me berberine works better. For biofilm busters, I m using 3-4 other ones that were discussed here in other treads (xylitol, stevia, oregano oil, etc). Still not sure if that aspect of treatment is well covered.

Talking about biofilms, I have been wondering, is borrelia biofilm, bart biofilm, candida biofilm, - are these same aggregates or entities, occupied by multiple pathogenes, or each infection creates their own specific biofilms? In this case, are there specific biofilm busters needed that target particular pathogens biofilms?

As for Herx, in my case it gives a typical flavour of overwhelming pain, but lasting only for some hours or a day, usually next day changes or is gone.

Recently being on strong, aggresive, extremely aggresive abx I was not able to distinguish well, herx and side effects, but luckily some of the symptoms like pain in lymph nodes and headaches got reduced, so now, being again in off period, I will see what will take place and if symptoms, and which ones, will slowly come back.

I dont know if it is relevant to discussion of current thread or not. I wish good and effective healing process to all friends here.

i do find it interesting that some people have very strong herx reactions from fibrinolytic agents - and others not at all

some react super strongly to even the supposedly weaker brands and stronger herx seems to be be related to the patient rather than the brand used - which lines up with the supplement brand thing being mostly marketing / myth

i have only ever taken them while taking antimicrobials at the same time - as the idea is to help break up fibrin ( and potentially some components of biofilms ) so you want antimicrobials on board to try and kill the bacteria that are released - they are known in the scientific literature for increasing the effectiveness of antimicrobials.

so i guess its possible that some people may not experience herx because they are not taking antimicrobials at the same time - therefore not killing the bacteria that are released - and therefore not getting any significant herx reactions - yet this doesn't seem to explain many cases

the other possible variable i can think of is that these fibrinolytic are generally used to target bartonella and perhaps babesia - as these infections both trigger dramatic increases in fibrin build up - rather than borrelia which, as far as i have read, does not.

so, i guess its possible that some people do not herx because they dont have bartonella or babsesia driving a fibrin problem that the fibrinolytics might break down

but it still strikes me that we are missing some of the explanation

Its another fibrinolytic

But Its weaker than lumbrokinase.

Similar to bromelain in my trials

(On a capsule to capsule basis)

Caused me some gastric discomfort so i went back to bromelain which was strong enough for me at the time and didn't cause that issue.

Thanks for asking
It’s still very much a work in progress

I am clear on who i want to focus on and how i can help them - have plenty of ideas, quite a bit of content already written and am doing work in the background - like courses on how to set up an online health coaching business.

My technical knowledge is good - but I still have a lot to learn about how to find and connect with clients.

for instance - It may be that its not so much a website that I need as a strong social media presence – so while, in my own head I thought a website is the obvious way to go – it seems many successful health coaches don’t have one – and instead use solely a platform like Instagram business account as their only presence and has the advantage of enabling them to interact directly with potential clients - rather than just put a website up and just wait for someone to find it.

So, I could spend 3 months writing and publishing a website only to find it largely redundant

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